Hernia post Surgery?

Just about every male on my mother's side had hernias, except me.  I guess I had the weaknesses there though and the DaVinci surgery I had may have opened the gaps enough to let 'em rip big time.

Sorry I don't have any links to share at the moment, but do some googling on prostate, DaVinci, hernias and you'll find some recent studies suggesting that there is a relationship  between prostatectomy (open and DaVinci) and subsequent hernias.

BTW -- my hernia surgery, in some ways, has been more aggravating than the prostatectomy, believe it or not.  I'm 48 hours out and still having trouble getting out of bed in the morning, getting in and out of chairs etc.  BUT -- 48 hours is not a long time.

Oh well.  The way I look at it -- at least it's not cancer surgery this time around.

Get your husband evaluated.  Hernias need to be taken care of.  They cannot heal themseolves.

Best to ya,

Tom

Hi! FaiRider

I just had a hernia repaired on April 1st that was a result of the DaVinci procedure.

It took well over a year after surgery to develop. I had surgery Nov 1 of 06. My wife and I joined the local gym around January and I started doing about 300 crunches a day. I then noticed a bulge at one of the port sites and sure enough it turned out to be a hernia. The surgeon told me that the urologist don't normally resew the muscle when they cut through to insert the robot arm and that crated a weakness. You can be sure I am strictly following post op advice about lifting and straining. Don't want to do this again. Good Luck