Liposuction to Remove Fat During Hernia Repair?

Thanks very much for your question.  Liposuction can certainly be done during a concomitant hernia repair.  I think you will find two issues with this if you decide to have it done.  One is finding a plastic surgeon who is board certified in both general surgery and plastic surgery who can perform both procedures. It will be much easier to have one person perform both than to try and find two surgeons to perform the two separate procedures.  Second, if both is involved the surgeon will have to go over specific risks in your case to determine if this is a good idea or if the hernia should be addressed by itself and then have the second procedure done at a later time.  Hope this helps.

Reccurrent ventral hernia repair is a complex surgery that will require component separation plus or minus mesh repair. Component separation is a surgical technique that advances the different muscle layers of the abdominal wall separately. This technique is proven to provide longer lasting results. Use of a mesh might be required as a reinforcement or as part of the repair if the abdominal fscia is weak. Removal of fat via lipousction in the same procedure might be done for other areas. I would not perform liposuction of the abdomen in the same time. This could compromise the blood supply tp the advanced flaps.I recommend to have a stagged approach to this problem.If the hernia needs to be done ASAP, procede with this surgery followed by other procedure or weight loss. Best of luck!