Understanding 'HERNIA' - Dr. Abhimanyu Kapoor

What is Hernia:
Imagine our abdominal wall to be a bag. The bag (abdominal wall) contains and safeguards vital organs of the abdomen like Liver, intestines, fat etc inside it. The bag (abdominal wall) is made up of several layers – outermost is skin, then fat followed by several layers of muscles and finally peritoneum.

If because of any reason, the muscles in the wall become weak / develop a hole / defect then the intestines or other abdominal contents protrude out of that muscular defect and appear as a bulge underneath the skin. This abnormal bulge of abdominal contents through the muscular defect is known as “hernia”.

Hernia is named according to its site – namely Epigastric, Umbilical, inguinal, incisional etc.

Causes: Congenital, after surgery, pregnancy, obesity, muscle weakness, excessive straining of abdomen like suddenly lifting heavy weights or long term straining because of constipation, cough, urinary obstruction.

With time, the hernia defect can keep getting bigger. The intestines that bulge through the defect may get stuck and stop going back in the abdominal cavity. The intestines can develop obstruction and if the blood supply of the intestines stops then eventually the intestines can die and this condition if not treated timely can even lead to death.

Hernia is a mechanical defect and requires surgical repair. Repair is nowadays done by closing the defect with sutures and then reinforcement using a mesh. A mesh is a synthetic piece of membrane that is stitched over the defect to provide extra strength to the repair so that the hernia does not recur.

These days the hernia surgery is done by laparoscopic techniques. This causes very little pain, quick return to activity and provides good cosmesis.

Patients can return to normal activities, gym and exercises very soon after surgery
For more details - Contact Dr. Abhimanyu Kapoor, Kanpur

[Dileepkumar-dk]

You saved my life by performing my hernia surgery. I sincerely thank you sir .
You are not only a great doctor but also a great alots sir.

[upendrathakur]

Nyc information sir....Thnx 4 my mother's successful (cholecystectomy) surgery in March 2017 at Hospital Regency Kanpur. Kanha Ji bless You sir🙏😊

[abhishekkatiyar]

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आपकी जितनी तारीफ की जाए कम है ।

[mailabhay]

many doubt cleared thanks to clearly elucidate .

[shobisiddiqui]

Useful information 👍
Regard
Zahida Begum (Your Patient)

[gwvansh]

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[ashu]

Namaste sir, very nice and precise explanation about hernia, sir you are god for us, on 9 sep 2020 you have done incsional hernia surgery repair of my mom, god bless you sir, Thank you so much :)

Best Regards,
Ashish Tripathi

[abdulfahad]

Namaste doctor. Apne meri inguinal hernia ki surgury 10sept ko ki i am Abdul fahad sir mujhe abhi pain to bht kam horaha but cough and sneezing hui thi 2 din to bht pain hua tha ye dengerous to nhi light pain hai abbhi Thora sa 🥺i am very scared doctor please reply my comment

[akashsingh]

Does gallbladder laproscopic surgery have a chance to develop incision hernia??