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  • Size of hernia

    Posted by Tigerpawn on May 24, 2020 at 10:04 am

    May 20 I had laparoscopic hernia mesh repair for
    Indirect hernia, I was pretty well knocked out from anasethia but I sdked surgeonhow big was the indirect inguinal hernia was
    He termed it moderate
    I wonder how many centimeters that would be

    Scott replied 3 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Scott

    Member
    May 25, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    No was just curious if I had gone no mesh route how successful it would have been
    Being classified as moderate

  • mitchtom6

    Member
    May 25, 2020 at 1:03 pm

    I had bilateral inguinal repair done laparo….The right side (symptomatic side) was called “moderate” in my report, and the left side was called “small”. I do remember the surgeon saying it was much larger than expected. I don’t know how many cm that is. Is there a particular concern you have?

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