The Abdominal Wall Unit treats the hernias, either primary or after a surgical intervention (ventrion). It includes Dr. José M. Hidalgo Rosas, Dr. Juan C. Garcia Pacheco and Dra. Sandra Montmany Vioque.
Internal tissues and organs are held in place by an outer wall called the abdominal wall. When a hernia occurs it is because an area of this wall is weakened or torn, allowing this internal content to protrude especially when there is an increase in intra-abdominal pressure (coughing, standing, etc.)
The most frequent symptoms they are a lump with effort and pain.
A painful hernia that cannot be reduced (returned to the abdominal cavity) acutely should be evaluated by the emergency surgeon, since keeping it in this situation for hours can cause strangulation of the contents.
Not all hernias require surgery. Men with asymptomatic inguinal hernia (most common pathology) may only need follow-up by their surgeon.
Portfolio of services
- Inguinal-crural hernia: anterior, posterior, anterior transinguinal and TEP (preperitoneal endoscopic) repair.
- Complex inguinal hernia.
- Spieghel hernia.
- Umbilical hernia, epigastric.
- Simple event.
- Complex eventration: anterior and posterior separation of components, infiltration with botulinum toxin.
- Hernias/ eventrations with loss of right domiciliary, recurrent.
- Other abdominal wall hernias (lumbar, flank, subcostal, etc.).
Information for patients
- Explanatory video about inguinal hernia (in English)