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Hernia Surgery Information

If you’re preparing for hernia surgery, it’s important to be well-informed about all aspects of the process. Our aim is to give you peace of mind and assurance about surgery with us and set realistic expectations for your complete recovery.

Below, you’ll find links to helpful resources with hernia surgery information, from what a hernia is and how we repair it, to tips on preventing recurrence and improving surgical outcomes. You’ll also find guidance on post-surgery recovery to help your healing process.

Take a moment to explore these hernia surgery information pages as you plan for surgery and beyond. We’re here to support you every step of the way on your journey to recovery.

Benefits of Hernia Surgery

There are many benefits to having private hernia surgery – whether to avoid long NHS wait times, enjoy hobbies or simply getting back to everyday tasks. Our expert team will help you get proven, excellent results and help reactivate your life.

Read about the benefits of hernia surgery here.

How We Repair a Hernia

There are different approaches to repairing a hernia, including both open and laparoscopic surgery.

We are experts in laparoscopic repair under general anaesthesia and specialists in open surgery using local anaesthesia and sedation.

While our Consultant Surgeon will guide you on the best surgery for your situation in your consultation, read more about how we repair hernias here.

How We Improve Your Results From Hernia Surgery

With our experience of thousands of hernia repairs, we have refined the steps that we take to improve your post-surgery results. Our focus is on getting you active early, managing pain, and lowering risks of the hernia coming back.

Click here to read how our expert approach to personalised care helps you recover from your hernia confidently and comfortably.

Can I Ignore My Hernia Pain?

Hernia pain or discomfort can be different for everyone. To help ease your mind, we provide guidance on managing hernia pain and explain when hernia repair is advised.

Click here to read about when you should repair your hernia, as well as our hernia management resources such as hernia supports and our specially designed exercise program, to help manage symptoms and improve recovery.

What Happens After Hernia Surgery?

Most patients ask us for guidance on their recovery after hernia surgery.

Read more information here to help you understand the reality of what you can expect after hernia surgery, from bruising, swelling and wound care, to advice on pain management, exercise and returning to activity.

Reoccurring Hernia

The surgery is one part of your hernia recovery. There are various patient factors that make you more likely to get a hernia, or to have a repaired hernia come back.

Click here to read our experts’ advice on what you can do to lower some of the risks of hernia recurrence.

Our Hernia Treatment Starts With a Consultation

In our private, one-to-one consultation session with our experienced Consultant Surgeon, you will have the chance to ask questions and consider important factors that can help your recovery. Considerations including:

What lifestyle adaptations can improve your recovery?

What happens if you have more than one hernia?

What is the best approach to hernia surgery for me?

Will my age health affect what surgery I have?

How much experience does our clinic have repairing hernias?

How quickly can we repair your hernia?

All the hernia surgery information you need to make an informed choice is within HerniaClinicHampshire.com and is part of the surgery consenting process. If after reading this a couple of times you still have questions about your hernia repair, please email them to us prior to your surgery so we can answer them and make sure you are comfortable with and understand what you are agreeing to and why.

We will go through a consent form and both sign what we have agreed to on the day of surgery, but you must not leave it to the day of surgery to feel informed about your decision. If you decide against surgery, you need to appreciate the consequences of that decision too.

Further hernia surgery information is available here:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/inguinal-hernia-repair/