| RECURRENCE: THE RATE OF A HERNIA COMING BACK, OR RECURRENCE RATE
CAN BE UP TO 40%, DEPENDING UPON TECHNIQUE, LOCATION ON THE BODY AND THE
GENERAL SURGEON PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE. AT "THE HERNIA CENTER",
A HERNIA SPECIALTY CENTER, OUR RECURRENCE RATE IS LESS THAN 1%,
FOR INGUINAL (GROIN) AND UMBILICAL HERNIAS, THE MOST COMMON
ABDOMINAL HERNIAS REPAIRED. NATIONAL
AVERAGE | BODY
LOCATION | "THE HERNIA
CENTER" | 5%
5 - 10%
20 - 50% | INGUINAL (GROIN)
UMBILICAL (BELLY
BUTTON)
INCISION (OLD
SCAR)
| 1%
1%
<5% | << Back Return Home | | |
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