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Southern Cross Auckland Surgical Centre - General Surgery
Private Surgical Service, General Surgery
This is where you will come to have your surgery performed. The visits to your surgeon before and after surgery will be at their consulting rooms.
Hernia Repair
Inguinal Hernia
Open: an abdominal incision is made and the hernia is pushed back into position. The weakness in the abdominal wall is repaired.
Umbilical Hernia
An incision is made underneath the navel (tummy button) and the hernia (part of the intestine that is bulging through the abdominal wall) is pushed back into the abdominal cavity. The weakness in the abdominal wall is repaired.
Incisional Hernia
Open: an abdominal incision is made and the hernia is pushed back into position.
