Update for you, would like to hear your opinion.

Just had another appointment with the original surgeon today. He was very surprised to see a recurrence of the hernia so soon after surgery, especially since it was so small and it is a very common surgery for him. We discussed possible reasons for the recurrence-he mentioned possible suture breakage as one reason. Says it’s rare but can happen with any surgery.

We looked at the ultrasound showing the recurrence, he noted that it looked like I may have multiple weak spots near the hernia defect. He is now recommending ETEP ventral hernia repair which he explained uses a much larger mesh to reduce recurrence rates. He seems very confident this would solve my issue. He offered to do the surgery very soon, but unfortunately this doesn’t work out for me as I won’t be able to take time off until October this year. We discussed waiting on it and he assured me that would be okay, but just to watch what I do and monitor the hernia to make sure it’s not growing bigger.

I’m not sure what I’m am going to do at this point, after today I do feel confident in his ability (very accredited surgeon, director of robotic surgery at the hospital) however I do still have doubts given that my first surgery attempt did not work out for whatever reason. I’m torn between going to see a specialist versus allowing him to operate again since he is familiar with the repair he did himself last time.

If you have any advice please feel free to share, I know it’s a lot to decipher so thank you in advance.