Question: My child is 4 years old. Inguinal hernial outpouching and extended hernial ring were diagnosed. Would you please answer whether operation is necessary, and what the possible complications are?
Answer: If it is really a hernia, then operation is necessary. There are no complications after a competently performed operation.
Question: One month ago my son was diagnosed with inguinal hernia. He is one year old. How long can we wait?
Answer: Surgical treatment of inguinal hernia is performed as a planned one. You shouldn't wait as far as its strangulation is possible.
Question: My son has inguinal hernia. It was diagnosed in the kindergarten. I'm anxious about the fact that the operation is to be performed under general anesthesia. The child is only 3 years old. Can the operation be performed under local anesthesia?
Answer: Surgical treatment of inguinal hernia is performed only under general anesthesia, if we speak about children. You shouldn't be afraid of it.
Question: Yesterday our doctor said our 4 year old boy had inguinal hernia. He said that an urgent operation was necessary. Are there any other methods of treatment of inguinal hernia without operation? If the operation is necessary then how urgent it is? The child complains of nothing.
Answer: Your child is in need of a surgeon's examination. As a rule, when a child complains of nothing there is no nee in emergent operation. However there are no non-surgical methods of treatment for inguinal hernia.
Question: My son is 11 years old. His diagnosis is left inguinal hernia. We are recommended to wait until puberty period passes. What should we do?
Answer: Inguinal hernia is a congenital pathology, which may not reveal itself till some definite period. You shouldn't postpone the operation.
Question: My son has bilateral inguinoscrotal hernia. Can the operation be performed on both sides simultaneously?
Answer: Yes, it can be performed simultaneously.
Question: Our child is 2 years old. Hernial outpouching sometimes appears, sometimes disappears. Is operation necessary in such a case?
Answer: In this case planned surgical treatment is recommended.
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