Hernioplasty

Reconstructive surgery

Hernia is a protrusion of the peritoneum through a natural or acquired opening (damage) in the abdominal wall. Hernias are classified as inguinal, femoral, and ventral, which include umbilical hernia and hernias originating from postoperative scars on the anterior abdominal wall (iatrogenic hernias). Treatment is surgical, including management of the hernia sac and its contents as well as surgical correction of the abdominal wall damage which caused the herniation. Hernioplasty of umbilical or ventral hernias may be performed in the same act with the surgical procedure of abdominoplasty.