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Have bilateral small inguinal & obturator hernias.most pain on left side & little sometimes on right. should i only repair the ones on the left side?

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Dr. Harold Fields answered

Herniae: If you trust a surgeon to operate on you and I would leave it up to him as to whether both sides should be done

Answered 1/28/2016

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A member asked:

Have bilateral small inguinal & obturator hernias.most pain on left side & little sometimes on right. should i only repair the ones on the left side?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Harold Fields answered

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