Hernia post Surgery?

Has anyone herad of a hernia resulting from DaVinci surgery? My hubby is 3 weeks post-op and the bulge at the groin seems like classic hernia. Of course, we will call Monday, but wonder if others know about this?

THanks so much - this is such a wealth of information.

FairRider

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Age 54; (Father, paternal uncle and 1 brother so far with Pca)
1999 PSA 2.8; 2004 PSA 2.88; 1/2008 PSA 5.6 & repeat 4.37
DRE - "Unremarkable, L side slightly larger"
Free PSA 0.46 and ratio 0.11
Biopsy 1/25/2008 - 10 Cores - 4 with adenocarcinoma
3 cores Gleason 3+3=6 and 1 core 3+4=7
No Stage given on report, maybe T1c or T2c ?

Robotic Surgery March 17, 2008 - Vattakuti Institute - Dr. Menon
Both Nerves Spared - Pre-surgery DRE - TC1
Post Op Pathology - T3a - 2 small foci of Extra-prostatic Extensions,
CLEAR margins, 4 Lymph Nodes Clear, Seminal Vesicles clear.
Gleason now 4+3+7, Tumor 20-30% of gland
Dry immediately! - no pads by day 9 Post-op
No response with Viagra

Hi FairRider:  I just had surgery two days ago (April 4th) for bilateral inguinal hernias -- one on each side. 

Just about every male on my mother's side had hernias, except me.  I guess I had the weaknesses there though and the DaVinci surgery I had may have opened the gaps enough to let 'em rip big time.

Sorry I don't have any links to share at the moment, but do some googling on prostate, DaVinci, hernias and you'll find some recent studies suggesting that there is a relationship  between prostatectomy (open and DaVinci) and subsequent hernias.

BTW -- my hernia surgery, in some ways, has been more aggravating than the prostatectomy, believe it or not.  I'm 48 hours out and still having trouble getting out of bed in the morning, getting in and out of chairs etc.  BUT -- 48 hours is not a long time.

Oh well.  The way I look at it -- at least it's not cancer surgery this time around.

Get your husband evaluated.  Hernias need to be taken care of.  They cannot heal themseolves.

Best to ya,

Tom

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D.O.B - 8/9/52

PSA: First ever was 9.8 in late Oct. ‘06, two weeks later, 10.1

DRE: Negative

Biopsy results 11/22/06.  Both lobes involved.  Six out of eight cores positive - from 100 percent to 90, to 60, to 50, two 20s and two zeros.

Gleason 3+3 = 6

Da Vinci Robotic RP surgery, City of Hope, Jan 12, 2007

Post surgery pathology – Organ confined, Gleason still 6, margins clear.  Volume of tumor much less than biopsy suggested.  12 percent overall.

First post-surgery PSA -- Undetectable, 2/20/07

Second post-surgery PSA -- Undetectable, 9/11/07

Third post-surgery PSA -- Undetactable, 2/15/08

Hi! FaiRider

I just had a hernia repaired on April 1st that was a result of the DaVinci procedure.

It took well over a year after surgery to develop. I had surgery Nov 1 of 06. My wife and I joined the local gym around January and I started doing about 300 crunches a day. I then noticed a bulge at one of the port sites and sure enough it turned out to be a hernia. The surgeon told me that the urologist don't normally resew the muscle when they cut through to insert the robot arm and that crated a weakness. You can be sure I am strictly following post op advice about lifting and straining. Don't want to do this again. Good Luck

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Diagnosed March 06

PSA 4.4

Two biopsies. One core of each 5% cancer, two suspicious

Gleason 3+3=6

DaVinci surgery Nov 1, 06

Cancer confined to prostate

Ist PSA 6 weeks post op less than 0.02

2nd PSA 4 months undetectable

All psa through Nov O7 undetectable

Still at one pad a day, will have sling installed soon

Hernia repair from robotic port scheduled 4/1/08