Exploratory Surgery scar

[klyn13jwl 0]

I turned 40 this year. In 1987 I had exploratory surgery due to a bad car accident. Twenty years later, my PCP tells me that the scar has herniated in three spots and they have to repair it. To make a long (and painful) story short, the mesh got infected and it had to be removed. I was left with an open wound and a wound vac due to the severity of the infection. The scar goes all the way to my stomach. That's a good 3-4 inches deep and begins at my navel and ends just below my rib cage. My question today is.....could this cause such a problem that I wouldn't even be considered for surgery? No, I can't talk to my 'Surgeon' about it, I haven't gotten that far yet. I had to clear it with my nephrologist first. I'm just hoping that there are other people out there that have had stomach surgeries that have prevailed.

Thanks,

Kellyn :wink2:

[Hastings 3]

I had gall bladder surgery done the old school way. I have a scar from between my breasts and it sort of crosses under my breasts and ends up in my side. It was not a problem for me.

As long as your previous issue is healed I'm not sure it would be an issue.

[mss 1]

Is the wound still open? If it is the surgeon may have an issue with operating again on you.

I had major liver surgery 18 months before my lapband, and the a large incisional hernia repaired 6 months before my op. I have a huge scar and the surgeon had told me that if he was not able to put the lapband in laparascopically he wouldn't continue as I had also had a pulmonary embolism after the liver sugery (the hospital staff teased me that I didn't want to say goodbye to them so I kept getting complications!). The surgeon was able to put the lapband in though he mentioned that he first had to cut away a lot of adhesions from the previous surgeries.