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What Happens After
my
Hernia Repair?
With the usual approach to hernia
surgery, it is very common for hernia patients to be unable to even
drive
a car for 6 weeks afterwards.
Whilst we all differ in
our
recuperative powers, the operations described in these pages get our
hernia patients back to normal routine very much faster than is
reported
by older methods, elsewhere.
Also, because our
patients
can, effectively, not be fearful of causing themselves a recurrence,
they
can be as rigorous as they like, with complete peace of mind.
These are just a few
examples
of very active people and their recovery times.
Patients after
hernia surgery
at The
British Hernia Centre
Some Actual Cases
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Jumbo-Jet Captain
(Retired)
Who still flies as a hobby.
Back in the air
just
after his operation
at The British Hernia Centre
(And there's no power-assisted rudder
on Tiger Moths!)
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87 Year-Old
Double Hernia
Patient
Playing full games of tennis
after his 'double' operation.
'Nobody believes me!'
he says
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Womens'
Lacrosse Champion
Playing the game again
of her operation.
Two weeks later she was in
Australia representing
her country!
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 This
patient (the one doing the LIFTING!)
was able to return to transatlatic travel and
Ice-Dancing
and
Skating
within days of his operation.
Without the old fear of RECURRENCE it is
now perfectly possible to return to even the
most vigorous routines after this
technique
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RECURRENT
Hernia Patient
After SIX failed
previous
attempts, she
had been told she was beyond help and
to wear a truss
for the
rest of her life!
Within two weeks of her operation at
The British Hernia Centre, she was
completely back to her normal lifestyle.
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Recurrent
Hernia
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56 Year-Old
Hernia Patient
Operation at noon
- 3 pm:
Went to
pub for lunch
- Next day:
played snooker
- Next day: spent
at a military
show
- Two days later:
18 holes
of golf!
"I am truly
amazed.
Thank you!" he
says.
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Graham"Mr Europe" Black had
his hernia repaired at the
Centre on Friday and
on Monday he
was 'working-out' at the gym!
(not recommended for the
rest of
us!)
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 Any
Patient
after surgery
There is no reason why any patient
should not be able to ride an
exercise-bike within an hour
of this operation.
Pictured here is a fit young man, but
British television recently broadcast
the story of a man in his sixties, with
a heart history
a 'pacemaker'
and a
DOUBLE hernia.
After his operation at
The British Hernia Centre
he climbed a flight of stairs and rode an
exercise-bike in just
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The British Hernia
Centre is
one of the world's few leading faculties
specialising in hernia.
Apart from
arranging training and conferences
for surgeons from around
the world,
The British Hernia Centre regularly
provides material for the
world's
press and television on the subject.
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A TV Crew filming
at The British Hernia Centre |
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The International
Conference on
All Abdominal Wall Hernia
Hosted by The British Hernia Centre at
The Royal Society of Medicine
London
Attended by Surgeons from
around the globe.
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Top photograph reproduced by kind permission of
The Bristol Evening Post
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