This multidisciplinary group consists of:

1. Dedicated hernia surgeons
2. Chronic Pain Specialist
3. Nutritionist
4. Rehabilitation specialist
5. Physiotherapist

The care of patients’ hernia starts in the preoperative stage. All medical co morbidities such as diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases will be optimised to ensure optimum result of any subsequent hernia repair. Pain is commonly a major component of hernia presentation. Therefore, appropriate patients will benefit from review by the chronic pain specialist. Appropriate patient may also benefit from referral to physiotherapy review (“prehabilitation”).

All operative hernia repair will be personalised to individual cases and patients, rather than a “one-surgery-fits-all” principle. Our surgeons are able to perform the latest surgical techniques in hernia repair. This includes the latest in minimal invasive surgery, such as extended Totally Extraperitoneal (eTEP). All major cases will be operated by two surgeons to optimise the surgical care

We at the Perth Hernia Institute regard the post-operative recovery phase as critical in the long term result of any hernia repair. It is extremely important that patients are rehabilitated in the appropriate steps to enable return to work and family living. We will engage rehabilitation specialists and physiotherapist to provide the necessary physical recovery post hernia repair.

The Perth Hernia Institute will also be run as an academic unit, as a number of the personnel are associated with UWA and teaching of medical students and junior doctors. Deidentified data will be kept and used to run a prospective audit to ensure that the results of the repair will be maintained at the highest level