Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery

The Department of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery of Hangzhou First People's Hospital Affiliated with the School of Medicine of Westlake University was established in 2015. It is the first independent Department of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery Center in Zhejiang Province, a member of Hangzhou's municipal key peak disciplines, and the host institution of the Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery Branch of the Hangzhou Medical Association. The department has a strong team and a well-structured talent development system, with 4 chief physicians, 1 associate chief physician, 4 attending physicians, and 3 resident physicians. All have master's degrees or higher, including 3 doctors with doctoral degrees. The department has a specialized hernia outpatient clinic and specialized inpatient wards. It currently has 20 beds in operation and performs more than 1,000 surgeries annually. It routinely performs laparoscopic minimally invasive and open surgery for adult and pediatric inguinal hernias; repair surgery for abdominal wall incisional hernias, parastomal hernias, umbilical hernias, linea alba hernias, lumbar hernias, diaphragmatic hernias, and other hernia conditions; surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernias; and surgical treatment of abdominal wall diseases such as benign and malignant abdominal wall tumors, abdominal wall trauma, and rectus diastasis. The department has extensive experience in managing complications such as mesh-related infections after hernia surgery, postoperative abdominal wall enterocutaneous fistulas, chronic pain after hernia surgery, and hernia recurrence after surgery.