TECHNIQUE:

WE USE AN OPEN "TENSION FREE" MESH REPAIR THIS INVOLVES A 1 ½ INCH INCISION WHERE THE HERNIA IS SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER TISSUES AND PLACED BACK INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. THEN MESH IS SEWN IN PLACE LIKE A PATCH TO A HOLE IN YOUR JEANS.  A SECOND MESH IS PLACED OVER THE FLOOR OF THE CANAL TO HELP PREVENT RECURRENCES AND THEN THE MUSCLE AND THE WOUND IS CLOSED.


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