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What does it mean if i'm having pain/soreness following hernia surgery?

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Dr. Jeffrey Widmeyer answered

Specializes in Surgery - Vascular

Depends how long.: This would depend on how long after the surgery you mean. Also the type of hernia surgery. In the first few weeks after any hernia surgery, soreness is expected. Beyond a month, most of that should be diminishing quite a bit. If the trend after a few weeks is not one of improvement, your surgeon needs to know about it.

Answered 3/29/2014

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