What to pay attention to after your baby’s minimally invasive hernia surgery

After the minimally invasive hernia surgery, the baby needs to be observed mentally. After the surgery, he needs to be monitored with oxygen for 6 hours and observed for any purple lips and breathing difficulties. The baby can only drink a small amount of water 6 hours after the surgery. On the first day, the baby should eat a liquid diet with easily digestible food to avoid constipation. Also pay attention to the baby’s urination and observe whether there is any urine holding. Pay attention to the protection of the gauze dressing at the incision to avoid the baby from scratching off the dressing and contaminating the incision, especially by urine or even feces. Your baby will definitely cry after surgery, so parents should hug and coax more, use toys or cartoons to distract him/her and try to keep him/her quiet. In order to avoid hernia recurrence it is recommended that the baby should be allowed to reduce strenuous crying, strenuous exercise, avoid strenuous coughing and constipation for 2 months after surgery, all of which can cause an increase in abdominal pressure and in serious cases can cause the ligature wire at the inner ring opening to fall off and cause hernia recurrence.