Patient's question:
My good friend's child has a lump on their abdomen, which is bulging and very painful when pressed. My good friend is extremely 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 must not 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 opening the abdomen in sequence. Only the high ligation of the hernia sac is done. After the surgery, the abdomen is closed, cleaned, and wrapped. The patient is then taken to the ward, where they are waiting for the anesthesia to wear off.Hernia surgery can leave scars, but since the child is currently very young, these scars will be almost invisible as the child grows. It will also have no impact on the child's abdomen.