My daughter who is currently 4 years old had belly button hernia repair surgery on January 2024 and currently her belly button still looks the same prior to the surgery does the belly button take time to flatten or should i reconsider umblicoplasty in the near future
Umbilical hernia, is a frequent abdominal wall defect as common as 1:1,000 frequent in population.
Usually, we do a Mayo technique repair and recurrence is less than 0.5 %.
Revisional or secundary hernioplasty is mandatory for this case.
Is the scar above the navel a result of the previous hernia repair? It is not the usual way to access the area to repair a hernia. The two most common methods are the periumbilical approach (incision on half of the perimeter of the navel) or the laparoscopic (three small incisions on the abdominal wall). I prefer the periumbilical approach since hernias are usually small at this age and scars are practically invisible once healing is completed. An in-person consultation or an MRI can confirm if the hernia is still there and therefore justify a new surgical procedure to correct it. Your daughter may surely need another surgery.