British Hernia Centre

Description

A concept wellestablished in the USA The British Hernia Centre is the UKs first Specialist Hernia Centre and rapidly became Europes busiest specialist hernia centre In later years we became the worlds busiest specialist centre in tensionfree hernia repair

By concentrating on hernias of all kinds we are able to continuously develop the most modern techniques of hernia repair and thus ensure the best possible level of care for all hernia patients at very reasonable prices without waiting lists

Since setting up this centre at the beginning of the nineties we have concentrated our efforts in hernia sometimes described as the Cinderella of surgery The result is that we have performed several thousands of cases of hernia under one roof and continuing to number cases by the thousand each year our surgeons have acquired a degree of experience which is hard to match

As the years have passed we have honed this specialised expertise to an extent that allows us to offer surgery of the very highest standard In turn we have been able to offer hernia repair surgery to patients who would otherwise be unable to undergo surgery by less acceptable methods elsewhere

It gives me in my capacity as director enormous pleasure to be involved in running a unit repairing hernias in patients aged into their NINETIES for whom surgery had not otherwise been an option for many years Along the same lines we have been able to successfully repair multiplerecurrent and incisional hernias for patients who have had repairs attempted elsewhere fail on them timeandtimeagain

One of the most frequently asked questions from our patients is quotWhy doesnt everybody do it your wayquot The threepart answer is that

surgery is no different to any other walk of life There are excellent surgeons and indifferent surgeons just as there are excellent and indifferent accountants bus drivers policemen and all other occupations and professions I believe that success starts with gathering only excellent surgeons
Most hernias are still being repaired by a technique dating from the 19th Century Not only is it oldfashioned but it also causes completely avoidable pain and risk both during and after the operation To succeed one needs to devise develop and perfect more modern techniques using modern materials and acquired knowledge

Finally one must specialise Just as in any other walk of life specialisation improves outcome Unfortunately perhaps hernia has not been the kind of operation that attracts many surgeons to specialise and also outside of a specialist unit they rarely have the opportunity of treating large numbers of hernias It is not uncommon for there to be a maximum of just a caseortwo per week for surgeons repairing hernias among their other work Clearly by seeing hernias by the thousand one is able to learn faster and go on to make improvements
Indeed patients coming to us today with recurrent hernias are starting to demand to know why their original surgeon wherever they had it done the first time used the old methods when this far more successful technique was already known and published What can we tell them

We have broken the mould in several respects and have inevitably attracted a great deal of attention We have already amassed what is probably one of the worlds largest databases of academic information on hernia surgery results performed in one place by one technique We are in a unique position to devise develop and perfect hernia surgery techniques to the great benefit of patients

We do share our experience on an international level with seminars publications and conferences such as the 1996 International Conference on All Abdominal Wall Hernia at the Royal Society of Medicine in London which we hosted addressed and attended by leading surgeons from around the world

Now that travel and communication has become so accessible we believe that sharing this kind of knowledge on a global scale is now feasible Not only do our surgeons share their knowledge to the benefit of all surgeons but we try to explain hernia and hernia surgery to patients themselves wherever they may be

We were the first to give explanations of hernia on the Internet and in simple clear English and we have been delighted at the messages of thanks we have received from around the world Even in the most civilised and developed of countries it seems that doctors do not always have the time to explain to patients what they want to know We hope we are meeting this need and are happy to do so for the benefit of all hernia sufferers In fact as you will see we have tried to explain even the most complex of matters without it being dull and heavy going We hope you will find this web site easy to follow and extremely informative I suspect you might even find a few things hidden there to make you smile Why on earth not