“What’s a hernia?

Inguinal hernia, commonly known as “hernia”, is the abdominal cavity organs through the abdominal wall of the abnormal channel, in the inguinal region manifested as a reproducible mass, the advanced and more serious cases can be into the scrotum, usually the mass in the patient lying down easy to return to the disappearance. Usually there are inguinal hernia and straight hernia, femoral hernia, pediatric inguinal hernia before the age of one year has the possibility of self-healing, more than one year old children and adults inguinal hernia will have to be operated in order to cure. Surgery is divided into general surgery and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Common surgery is to repair the hernia from the outside to the inside, while minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery is to repair the hernia directly from the inside. In case of recurrent inguinal hernia, minimally invasive laparoscopic hernia repair is the most effective and should be the first choice. With the development of laparoscopic technology, the application of laparoscopic technology to diagnose and treat inguinal hernia has become more and more common in the past two years. Laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery is less traumatic, clear diagnosis, fast recovery and complete repair is not easy to recurrence of the advantages of the modern inguinal hernia treatment, minimally invasive surgery for young female patients also have a small abdominal wall scar and hidden cosmetic effect.