Patient question: What is the best surgical procedure for an inguinal hernia that has been injected with sclerotherapy? The surgical procedure is a tension-free repair using a patch. There are two types of surgery: open and laparoscopic. Both surgical options are available after sclerotherapy, but laparoscopy is preferred. If your right side is also clearly an inguinal hernia, then laparoscopic surgery is definitely preferred because both unilateral and bilateral hernias are also performed with three holes, whereas open surgery requires an incision on each side, and laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery is definitely less invasive. The surgery focuses on repairing the hernia defect, and the sclerosing agent that hinders the repair will definitely be removed. But the sclerosing agent playing around the hernia ring is usually very hard and firmly combined with the body tissue, so the sclerosing agent that does not affect the surgical repair is not forced to must be taken away clean, after all, this will cause unnecessary trauma and increase the chance of bleeding and infection.