Hernia surgery scar in children

Hernia is a common disease. It is a manifestation of congenital hypoplasia, mainly between the child's genitals and the abdominal cavity. It can easily damage the child's physical health, especially the child's reproductive health development. There are many solutions to hernia problems, but many parents are afraid of leaving scars on their children. Let’s take a look at how to prevent scars from hernia surgery in children.

Infantile hernia is a surgical disease with a high incidence rate, and many babies suffer from this disease. Because surgical treatment of hernia is a commonly used treatment method in major hospitals, this treatment is often used to treat hernia in children at home.

Hernia surgery is generally divided into traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery. Traditional surgery has a large incision so scars are inevitable, but it does not affect the beauty of the skin.

Currently, the main hernia surgical methods used in major hospitals are tension repair, laparoscopic hernia repair and minimally invasive tension-free hernia repair. The traditional method of hernia surgery is tissue suturing. Suture the edges of the damaged tissue directly, or suture the upper layer of the damaged tissue to cover the damage. This type of surgery is called a tension repair. In particular, traditional pediatric hernia surgery uses a diagonal hernia repair method, which not only has a large incision and leaves a large scar, but also makes the originally fragile abdominal wall membrane even weaker, resulting in a high recurrence rate.

Laparoscopic surgery requires multiple incisions. In the laparoscopic hernia surgery method, the doctor inserts different surgical instruments into the patient's abdominal cavity, enters the patient's abdominal cavity or preperitoneal space, and performs the operation through imaging on a TV screen. This type of surgery requires general anesthesia, which has a greater impact on pediatric hernia patients and is expensive. This surgical method has only been used to treat hernia in recent years, and the clinical treatment effect is still unclear. In addition, the surgery requires 3 to 4 multiple incisions, which can easily leave multiple scars.

Because surgical treatment of pediatric hernia will inevitably cause a huge wound on the child's body, and the wound is easily exposed to the air and cause infection. Therefore, after pediatric hernia surgery, the child's parents should help their children take postoperative hernia care measures to avoid the formation of scars after surgery.