Patient Question: Disease:Hernia Surgery Description:My mother is 65 years old and is prone to hernia and pain in the winter, and would like to have surgery to treat it. I would like to ask the director if the hernia surgery at the General Hospital is to take a thread and sew up the rupture or patch it (like a tire patch), and also the discharge time for the surgery, is it minimally invasive? Is the surgery minimally invasive and can I go home afterward? And how much does the surgery cost? Thank you! Hi Ms. Toki, most hernia repair surgeries today use a tension-free repair, which is what you call a patch. Tensioned repairs (where the breach is sewn up directly) have a higher recurrence rate, so they are less commonly used today. As to whether minimally invasive, it is necessary to assess the general condition of the patient to decide, in general, the general condition of the patient is relatively good can be taken minimally invasive way, the next day after the operation can be discharged from the hospital down to the ground activities in addition, the cost of the problem, due to the minimally invasive surgery requires the use of some special instruments, so the price is higher than the ordinary hernia repair out of the 3,000 yuan or so, but because of the hospitalization time is short, there is no subsequent However, due to the short hospitalization time and no follow-up cost, the average cost is not much different than the ordinary hernia repair. The cost of anesthesia, medication, surgery, and materials vary from place to place, so it is not possible to give you an exact figure. In addition, hernias are not seasonal, they don’t just happen in a certain season, they get better after that season. Therefore, your mother’s condition is not a hernia, but needs to be further diagnosed. I hope I can help you.