Peter Hornsby
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Dr. Reinhorn discusses his technique in a webinar available here (https://aischannel.com/live-surgery/improving-outcomes-in-routine-hernia-repair-2) It’s necessary to register with the channel but there is no charge. The whole set of talks is very informative.
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No problem, I’m fine with the questions. When I met with him he said he was familiar with, and fine with, open, laparoscopic, or robotic repair, whichever was my preference. I requested open with mesh because I had a repair previously on the other side, 22 years ago. That was open with mesh (it was actually done at the Lichtenstein Hernia Institute) and it has worked so well that I didn’t want to change. He was also fine with using local anesthesia with sedation, as was done for the first one.
Just a bit of personal experience: based on the surgery 22 years ago, I was expecting to be somewhat limited for several days after the surgery. But in fact the day after the surgery I felt fine, no pain, so I just had a normal day.
Here’s a bit of historical trivia! From a publication by Irving Lichtenstein in 1964: “The patient walks away from the operating table without assistance and requires no hypodermic injections of drugs for pain postoperatively. He is discharged from the hospital – in less than 24 hours after operation with all sutures removed. No restriction of activity is imposed. Indeed, the patient usually drives home and he is encouraged to return to his ordinary mode of living and occupation immediately.”
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Sorry, the post wasn’t intended to be a personal experience story but to address an issue that’s come up before, recommendations for hernia surgeons in Houston. My own surgery was an open inguinal hernia repair with mesh. But Dr. Liang is very familiar with laparoscopic and robotic repair (he is the author of the current “UpToDate” article for physicians on robotic groin hernia repair).