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Can i wait 2 months for an inguinal hernia repair or should i ask for the surgery sooner?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
It depends on....: ...The size of the hernia and it's potential for bowel to get "incarcerated" within the sac. If the hernia is small and easily reducible, there should be no problem waiting a few months. The best judge of this would be the surgeon who saw you--i am certain they would have an opinion. Good luck!
Answered 12/9/2013
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Depend: If you have little or no symptoms you can wait but otherwise try to minimize activity and have it fix because sometime it can get strangulate and causing all sort of havoc.
Answered 3/28/2015
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