How long does a typical surgery take to recover from and what's the approximate cost involved

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I had my hernia surgery about 4 months ago and everything seemed fine, but for the past 10-15 days, I've been feeling a light pain near the surgery cut. Could this be something serious I should worry about?

Ideally thats unusual after4 months,visit your surgeon for evaluation and appropriate management

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I have a pilonidal sinus and need to get it surgically removed. Are there any surgeons in Mumbai who specialize in cleft lift surgery for pilonidal cysts? I really don't want to go for closed or open wound surgery only cleft lift. Any recommendations would help since I need to figure this out soon.

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I noticed a 22 x 22mm abdominal wall defect right above my belly button at the 12 o'clock position with some omental fat poking through what exactly does this mean and do I need surgery for it

An umbilical hernia is an unusual bulge you can often see or feel over your belly button (umbilicus). It develops when part of your small intestine, together with fat or fluid, forms a sac. The sac pushes through an opening or weakness in your abdominal wall muscle

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