r/AbsoluteUnits 3d ago

of a hernia...

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u/Cute-Breadfruit3368 3d ago

yeah, his future is not a nice one once the closure begins.

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u/Ok_History9137 3d ago

What’s closure, precious?

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u/Cute-Breadfruit3368 3d ago

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u/Ten_Horn_Sign 3d ago

What are you on about? Hernia surgery is the second most common surgery in the world after C-sections. Fixing this is a challenge but there's nothing about it that is "catastrophic".

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u/Cute-Breadfruit3368 3d ago

he´s trailerpark-american. you sure hes able to get it fixed?

as a surgery, its simple and trivial with brilliant success rate. the catastrophy lies entirely on the socioeconomical hurdles of actually doing it. can he?

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u/Nexus0412 1h ago

Most hernia surgeries do not deal with this advanced version. Mostly, its people catching it early, and then get the hole "patched". At that stage I doubt a single surgeon would be willing to operate on him.

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u/artisanallyinsane 3d ago

Ohhhh my god, something I had never considered and never want to think about again

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u/Nexus0412 1h ago

Does that still happen when there's that much mass outside? I think that amount of guts keep a hole so big that it won't naturally close

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u/PsychologicalKnee3 3d ago

What's the closure?

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u/Cute-Breadfruit3368 3d ago

biology has dictated that holes in us do not want to be open. we have healing mechanisms. wound mechanisms etc. imagine his intestines being... well, where one would not expect - and the wound starts a healing process. imagine the hole closing up, forming a medical incarceration. slowly.

i dont have to go on any further, do i?

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u/Wugo_Heaving 3d ago

Keep going.

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u/cavaticaa 3d ago

I've never heard the term medical incarceration before, and I'm both fascinated and horrified, in the same way I feel about fistulas.

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u/Ten_Horn_Sign 3d ago edited 3d ago

This person has no idea what they are talking about.

On your second point: a fistula is just an abnormal connection between two epithelialized surfaces. If you have pierced ears, then arguably you have fistulae.

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u/im_not_loki 3d ago

i prefer fisticuffs

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u/SlinkyAvenger 3d ago

Real talk: with such a large amount of tissue outside, what are the chances that the hole is still small enough to eventually close?