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We don't usually use general anesthesia to drain a seroma. Having said that, it depends on how big the seroma is, where it is, and how the surgeon plans on draining it. Most seromas are drained with a needle with or without drain placement. We may use some local anesthetic, but not usually general anesthesia.
most providers do not sedate a patient for a seroma drainage that is done thru the skin; usually a needle is used to access and remove the fluid. most providers would use local anesthetic, like lidocaine or similar medication. however if a patient is particularly anxious, then sometimes some sedation can be provided; but again thats not the common approach otherwise.
Umbilical hernias are quite common and occur in the setting of a previous surgery, pregnancy, or diastasis recti. We treat umbilical hernias with or without correction of diastasis recti using a combination approach that corrects redundant skin in the lower abdomen and around the belly button....
Lower abdomen bulge after epigastric hernia repair sounds like two separate things on one hand, but at the same time, having ehlers danlos syndrome might be a reason that you are predisposed to hernias, which is what the picture looks like, an inguinal hernia; in other words, separate problem...
Its certainly possible to do these at the same time, but some surgeons would recommend doing so separately as they may be concerned with risk of infection of the mesh
