Patient pathway
Preparing for surgery
Personalised preoperative planning to optimise the patient, reduce risk and choose the most appropriate surgical technique.
What we evaluate
- Type, size and location of the hernia
- Previous abdominal surgery and scars
- Body weight and nutritional status
- Smoking, diabetes and other medical conditions
- Medications, especially anticoagulants
- Anaesthesia risk and patient preference
Planning steps
- Confirm the diagnosis and plan imaging if needed
- Assess and optimise risk factors (weight, smoking, diabetes, etc.)
- Choose the surgical approach (open, laparoscopic, robotic)
- Discuss anaesthesia and hospital stay
- Schedule the procedure and preoperative tests
- Plan postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up
Multidisciplinary team
For complex cases, the abdominal wall surgeon, anaesthetist, nutritionist, physiotherapist and plastic surgeon work together to define the safest plan.
Risk factors
Obesity, smoking, diabetes, chronic cough and malnutrition increase the risk of complications and recurrence. Optimising these factors before surgery is an important part of our pathway.
