My fiance's grandmother had a hernia, and had surgery to repair it. The mesh stuff they repaired it with isnt holding and they are not going to do anything else to fix it. What does this mean, im not familiar with anything about a hernia. She is very old and im just wondering if she will be ok or is this something that could cause her to die??
2007-02-13 08:53:47 · 7 answers · asked by glasses 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
A hernia is not all that life threatening, especially if one is older and less active. Chances are your grandmother doesn't do much heavy lifting or go to the racket ball court every day. The doctors probably believe that the risk of another operation outweigh the potential benefits.
2007-02-13 08:59:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised it isn't holding. Usually the mesh becomes embedded into the rest of the tissue as tissue growth begins. That is what I have and it's been 22 years now. Maybe the grandmother is too old for surgery. Tell her to call her insurance and tell them the diagnosis and that she wants a second opinion. They usually always pay for it.
Good Luck!
2007-02-13 09:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by LucySD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 02:20:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time with a hernia they put a screen in your stomach to hold in your intestines. I don't know why they aren't repairing this though. This happened to my grandmother once and they replaced the broken screen with a stronger one.
2007-02-13 08:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People can live many years with unrepaired hernias. Her doctors have just decided that it is not worth the risk to her for more surgery.
2007-02-13 08:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by MimC 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
als long as it doesnt become encarcerated she should be ok if she is old it may be more of a risk to try to operate on it again
2007-02-13 08:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
she should go bad so they can fix it no it shouldn't be life threatening but painful so i would get her bake to the doctor soon as possible
2007-02-13 08:57:30 · answer #7 · answered by jody n 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋