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How long should you wait to return to normal duties after incisional hernia repair?

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Dr. J. Roth answered

Incisional hernia: This is a tough question to answer as not all hernias are equivalent. Smaller hernias may allow patients to return to desk jobs in a few days. Larger hernias may take 6-12 weeks prior returning to work. Manual laborers will also require more time prior to returning to work. This is a question that needs to be discussed with your operating surgeon.

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Dr. Erik Borncamp answered

Specializes in Wound care

Depends: Generally most people are limited to no heavy lifting, straining, bending etc for 4-6 weeks. Depends on what you do for work and how bad your hernia was. Talk to your surgeon

Answered 9/9/2017

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