Laparoscopic Hernia Repair

A hernia is usually recognized as a defect in abdominal wall musculature resulting in a bulge under your skin. Occasionally, it causes no discomfort at all, but you may feel pain when you lift heavy objects, cough, strain during urination or bowel movements or with prolonged standing or sitting.  The discomfort may be sharp or a dull ache that gets worse towards the end of the day.  These bulges can be found typically at your umbilicus (“belly button”), in either or both groins, or at previous surgical incisions. 

Laparoscopic hernia repair is a technique to fix tears or openings in the abdominal wall using small incisions, laparoscopes (small telescopes inserted into the abdomen) and a patch (screen or mesh) to reinforce the abdominal wall.

While these can be repaired using traditional open techniques and large incisions, most patients prefer the laparoscopic approach, which offers the benefits of less postoperative pain, quicker return to regular activities, and a lower rate of infection and/or recurrence.  Most patients can return home on the same day of their procedure.

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Post-surgical pain relief. Right ON-Q®.

If you’re like most people facing surgery, you’re probably concerned about the pain afterwards. In fact, many people put off having an operation because they’re worried about a long and uncomfortable recovery. Now, there’s a better option to get you back on your feet faster after surgery. It’s called ON-Q.

ON-Q is a post-surgical pain pump that delivers local anesthetic (pain numbing medicine) right to a targeted area. Using ON-Q can help reduce your need for narcotics, which can have undesirable side effects and slow your recovery. With ON-Q, patients ambulate faster, breathe more deeply, and return to normal daily life quicker. And since ON-Q is non-narcotic, you feel better faster.

How does the ON-Q® PainBuster Work?

The ON-Q PainBuster is a portable pain relief delivery system that uses a small, balloon-line pump and catheter (a small tube).  During your surgery, your surgeon will put the catheter in the place at or near the surgical site.

In the days immediately following your surgery, a small amount of local non-narcotic anesthetic (pain numbing medication) is continuously and automatically delivered though the catheter.  This non-narcotic medication goes directly to where it’s needed most — helping you feel better faster, without the unwanted side effects of narcotics.

Once the pump is empty of medication, the catheter can be easily removed and discarded.