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Herniorrhaphy (her “ne-fe-or’ah) is the medical term for hernia surgery. Hernia surgery can attack to more than one physical location that can vary from as inguinal hernia, hiatal, femoral, or umbilical hernia. An internal organ is the cause of all hernias that create a bulge, because it was gone by destabilized of the muscles.

Inguinal hernias happen when the intestine creates a bulge in the groin or scrotum, and is the most common hernia that happens to males. Hiatal hernias are caused by the stomach protruding into the space that the chest wall inhabits due to weakening of supporting tissues such as muscle tissue.

A femoral hernia is positioned near the femoral artery in the upper thigh and is caused by the intestine after passing through the muscle tissue as well.

Umbilical hernias are those appearing around the belly button and usually comprise of intestinal protrusions.  Therefore hernia surgery is used to fix the bulb before it brings about a blockage of one of the stomach or intestines, which would then require an emergency operation.

If you have a hernia, surgery may also be recommended if previous surgery has weakened part of the musculature that is holding in either the intestines or stomach. That is called an incision hernia.

Besides obesity surgery, hernia surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed on Americans, possibly because Americans are often overweight, and being overweight tends to push around tissues to accommodate fat storage.

Once you have been diagnosed with a hernia and have decided to have your hernia repaired, tests will be given to you to ascertain that you are qualified for surgery and to make sure of your physical condition, blood type, etc.

You will have a sedative and a line will be inserted in your hand or front to be able to give intravenous drugs. You will be unconscious during the operation itself, and therefore feel no pain.

In most hernia surgeries, the actual repair portion of the hernia surgery means that an opening will be created via an incision so that the surgeon can push the protruding tissue back where it belongs, and then the surgeon will either sew up the muscular tear, or possibly insert a mesh to hold the repair together.

At times laparoscopic surgery can be done by laparoscopic gastric bypass which means that a small tube containing a fiber optic camera is inserted in a very small incision to guide the surgeon through the operation, and another tube is inserted for the surgeon to actually perform the operation.