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Repair of large incisional hernia with underlying adhesions

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AttyBand
AttyBand

I have a large incisional hernia right on my abdomen under my rib cage. The doctor has been following me and who performed the original surgery on my belly to fix perforated diverticulitis is very leery of going in to repair this hernia which developed in the abdominal wall at the site of his incisions because he says he knows my belly and he knows it's going to be very difficult to do lysis of adhesions before preparing to close to hernia.

Absolutely hate this hernia and I'm so embarrassed because it looks like I'm having a small baby's head about the sticking out from my belly. I really would like to get it fixed and I've heard that a qualified robotic surgeon might be able to fix it more safely. Anybody have any suggestions, observations, opinions about the more morbidity rate for this set of a difficult procedure?

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  • sue38973
    sue38973 AttyBand

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    why not get another surgeons opinion , I never went back to my original surgeon who did my bowel surgery , it happen a few months after surgery, so I went to another surgeon , my hernia was big. he put a patch in and i was very very careful after for about a year, I am very happy with how its healed

    • lucy94793
      lucy94793 sue38973

      Posted

      Hi, Sue:

      Just wonder how you could have another surgeon to do the op. The my GP's referral to another surgeon was given back to the original team.

      Have you had any problem with the mesh? Very glad that you had no problem one year after the op, though.

      Looking forward to your reply which will help me get out of the grip of the original surgeon.

      Thanks

  • lucy94793
    lucy94793 AttyBand

    Posted

    Hi:

    It's been a while and I hope you've sorted yourself out and feeling normal now.

    I'm now having exactly the same hernia and waiting for the original surgery team to operate on. The referral to a general surgery dept. was pushed back to the original surgeon.

    I'm now waiting to have an op that will open me up on the scar left by the first op. They'll remove the tissue of the scar, push down the bowl and mend the existing hole and potential holes with mesh. Did you surgeon did the same for you? Has the surgery been successful? Have you had problems with the mesh?

    Looking forward to your reply which will be very much needed and appreciated. I'm feeling very scared as the op seems to be quite big again.

    Thank you so much.

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