What does a person look like and feel?
The first sign is a rounded protrusion in the navel area, noticeable while standing and when straining, and decreasing when lying down. Many people have perceived it as a cosmetic feature for years, especially after pregnancy. The pain appears later: first as discomfort during exercise, then as a pulling sensation during the day.
- A protrusion in the navel area that changes size depending on body position
- Discomfort or pain when coughing, straining, lifting heavy objects
- Expansion of the umbilical ring that can be felt
- Sometimes - nausea and rumbling with a large hernia with contents from the intestine
Why does it occur in adults?
- Pregnancy and childbirth are one of the most common causes for women
- Excess weight and weak abdominal muscles
- Heavy physical labor, heavy lifting
- Chronic cough and constipation
- Ascites in liver diseases
- Diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles - often accompanies an umbilical hernia
- Previously undergone operations and punctures in the umbilical area
Survey
- Осмотр хирурга с оценкой размеров грыжевых ворот и наличия диастаза.
- УЗИ передней брюшной стенки — определяет диаметр дефекта, содержимое грыжевого мешка, наличие дополнительных дефектов по белой линии.
- При крупных и рецидивных грыжах — МСКТ.
- Стандартная предоперационная подготовка: анализы, коагулограмма, ЭКГ, осмотр терапевта.
How to operate
- Plastic surgery using your own tissues - suturing the umbilical ring. It is used for very small defects (usually up to 1.5–2 cm) in patients with normal weight.
- Hernioplasty with a mesh implant is the standard for defects larger than 2 cm, for obesity, relapse and in patients with heavy physical labor. The mesh dramatically reduces the likelihood of a recurrent hernia.
- Laparoscopic hernioplasty - the mesh is installed from the inside through punctures; convenient for concomitant diastasis and multiple white line defects.
- When combined with severe diastasis and excess skin, one-stage abdominoplasty can be discussed.
Recovery
- Активизация в день операции, выписка обычно в течение 1–2 суток.
- Компрессионный бандаж носят по назначению хирурга в первые недели — он поддерживает шов, а не заменяет операцию.
- Подъём тяжестей ограничивают на 4–6 недель, при пластике с сеткой при большом дефекте — дольше.
- Плановое снижение веса и работа с мышцами живота после заживления снижают риск рецидива.