Incisional Hernia - Dubai Hernia Surgery Clinic DRHC
An incisional hernia is a type of hernia that occurs around the site of a previously made incision within the abdominal wall. The incision might have been caused by a surgical procedure or even due to an injury in the abdomen area. Since the condition involves the presence of a prior cut, it can affect both men and women. It increases when coughing or doing intense muscle exercise. The condition is extremely common and as many as 10-15% of abdominal surgeries are known to lead to this condition.
What Causes Incisional Hernia?
- As mentioned before, an incisional hernia can occur only around the site of a previous abdominal operation. One of the major causes of the condition is when a surgeon in a previous surgery was unable to close the layers of the abdominal wall with stitches.
- In some cases, the condition might also be caused due to the closure simply coming apart while the tissues are still healing leading to a gap in the abdominal wall.
- Even though the condition occurs generally within just a few months after the surgery, however, some patients might develop incisional hernia even years after the incision has been made.
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Symptoms:
Like most other types of hernias, the appearance of a bulge is one of the first symptoms of the condition of incisional hernia. In addition, the patients might also experience one or more of the following symptoms.
- Swelling at the place of the previous wound or around it increases when doing or coughing.
- Discomfort in place of hernia.
- An incarcerated Inguinal Hernia happens when the tissue becomes stuck in the groin and isn’t reducible, which means it can’t be pushed back into place.
- Strangulated Inguinal Hernias are a more serious medical condition, where the tissue of the intestine gets stuck in an incarcerated hernia and has its blood flow cut off.
Symptoms of Strangulated Hernia
- Severe pain.
- Fever.
- nausea or vomiting
- inability to defecate or pass gases.
- Infection, redness, and/or presence of red streaks.
- The appearance of a palpable lump and/or mass on a surgical scar.
- Visible protrusion poking out of the surgical wound.
- Foul-smelling drainage.
In case of such symptoms you have to visit the emergency room immediately
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Risk Factors:
Like any type of hernia, there are some risk factors including:
- Obesity
- Age: the older you get the weaker your muscle will become.
- Pregnancy
- Ascites
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Stressful physical activity
- Connective tissue disease
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Diagnosis:
An Incisional Hernia should be diagnosed by an experienced Hernia Specialist through:
- Careful clinical examination
- Abdominal Ultrasound Scan to confirm the diagnosis
- Abdominal CT Scan in some rare cases.
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