Hernia Surgery Procedure. This procedure uses laparoscopic repair or keyhole surgery. 1 typically a minimally invasive procedure the surgery is performed under general anesthesia and usually takes between two to four hours.
Tension the edges of healthy tissue around the hernia are pulled together and sewn with sutures. The surgeon makes several small incisions in the lower abdomen and inserts a laparoscope a thin tube with a tiny video camera attached to one end. These instructions may include.
The surgical team will move patients to a recovery room immediately after surgery.
Open an incision of 3 to 6 is made in the abdomen to give the surgeon access to the hernia. The camera sends a magnified image from inside the body to a monitor giving the surgeon a close up view of the hernia and surrounding tissue. Open hernia repair laproscopic hernia repair and robotic hernia repair. Surgery can repair a hiatal hernia by pulling your stomach back into the abdomen and making the opening in the diaphragm smaller.
