The nurse explains that a hernioplasty is a surgery that involves which process?
a. Reducing the hernia by manual pressure.
b. Sewing synthetic mesh over the abdominal wall defect to reduce the hernia.
c. Applying an individualized truss for the reduction of the hernia.
d. Reducing the hernia and suturing the de-fect in the abdominal wall.
B
Hernioplasty is a surgical intervention in which the hernia is reduced and a synthetic mesh is sewn over the defect in the wall to prevent reoccurrence.
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