The surgical removal of the sac of connective tissue surrounding a HERNIA. In children or healthy young adults with an inguinal hernia, a herniotomy is usually su?cient to cure the condition.
n. excision of a hernial sac: the first stage of the surgical repair of a hernia. In infants and young muscular subjects it is all that is needed to cure the hernia.
n. the surgical operation to repair a hernia, in which the sac is excised (*herniotomy), the abnormal opening is sewn up, and the weakness strengthened, most commonly using a mesh of polypropylene.... hernioplasty
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