Patient's question:
My good friend's child has a lump on their abdomen, which is bulging and very painful to touch. My friend is very anxious every day. I'd like to ask, how exactly is an inguinal hernia surgery performed? Will it affect the child's abdomen? Will it leave a scar?Doctor's answer:
The operation for hernia is relatively simple. First, a liquid diet is required three days before the surgery. On the day of the surgery, the patient cannot eat anything and must be fasting. Then, the patient enters the operating room for anesthesia. Children are often given general anesthesia. After anesthesia, the skin is sterilized, and the surgery is performed on the hernia site by sequentially opening the abdomen. Only the high ligation of the hernia sac is done. After the surgery, the abdomen is sutured, cleaned, and wrapped. The patient is then taken to the recovery room, where they wait for anesthesia to wear off.After the hernia surgery, scars may be left behind. However, since the child is currently very young, these scars will be almost invisible as they grow. They will also have no impact on the child's abdomen.