This information benefits our patients. It educates them so that they can better participate in their surgical care, before and after it. It helps them to make the best choices of treatment.
More information is available, upon request, from our faculty and staff. Consultations with our surgeons provide an opportunity to gain specific information and learn about one’s treatment options.
The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) offers this information for patients about the minimally-invasive laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair:
In addition, we have a growing series of online FAQs to help patients understand the various treatment options for hernias that we provide: