Patient: My baby is nine weeks old and was found to have a hernia (on the left side) the year before last (seven weeks old) and was operated on during the summer holidays last year. The surgery was done last year under general anesthesia, only one year after the surgery, will doing it again have any effect on the baby’s health or brain development? Expert: You should do the surgery. Under normal circumstances anesthesia has no effect on health and brain development. Patient: How long do you usually have to be on bed rest after surgery. Patient: Also, I am going to have the surgery in our Anhui province, can you recommend a hospital or a good doctor for us? Specialist: Generally a few days is sufficient, but avoid strenuous activities for 2-3 weeks to avoid prompting a recurrence. Any professional pediatric surgeon should be able to complete the surgery successfully, but there are individual recurrences regardless of that doctor or hospital.