Patient's question:
Now my baby is about two months old, but there are still cases of infant hernia. The doctor recommended having an infant hernia surgery. I'm very worried, so I want to ask if infant hernia surgery is safe?Doctor's answer:
Surgical treatment for pediatric inguinal hernia does carry certain risks, as hernia surgery typically requires general anesthesia. General anesthesia is a procedure that causes fear in many people, especially parents who worry that the anesthesia will affect their child's brain function or cause them to never wake up. Clinically, it has been summarized that the risk of complications after anesthesia is actually very small. The probability of a person experiencing a heart attack or stroke after general anesthesia is not high, and the risk for children is even lower. Additionally, if the patient already has these diseases, anesthesiologists will be more cautious and strive to minimize the occurrence of these risks.