Minimizing risks in hernia surgery begins with optimizing the patient’s health and ensuring a careful surgical approach. This includes encouraging smoking cessation, weight control, and proper diabetes management to improve healing. During the procedure, surgeons employ gentle tissue handling, appropriate mesh placement, and tension-free techniques to minimize the risk of recurrence. Preventing infection through strict adherence to sterile practices and timely administration of antibiotics is also essential.
After surgery, advising patients to avoid heavy lifting and gradually resume activity helps protect the repair and reduce complications. Gain insight from an enlightening session on “Risk Reduction Strategies in Hernia Surgery” by eminent surgeon Prof. Ramana Balasubramaniam in our exclusive webinar, organized in collaboration with the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeons’…
