My 11-year-old dog needs another hernia surgery. Is it safe for him?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Pomeranian | Male | unneutered | 10 years and 9 months old | 7.7 lbs
My dog just done an umbilical hernia surgery 6 months ago. Now he has to do another surgery to repair his inguinal hernia. How safe is it to do another surgery in the same year (hes almost 11 years)? and could he have another hernia remember this is a second time? thank you.
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Published on October 13th, 2017
First of all inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia are two different things, completely unrelated. it's absolutely safe to have another surgery done 6 months after the first surgery, this surgery is really a must do.
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Published on November 27th, 2016
11 years of age is not super old for this breed, not doing the surgery will potentially put her in a more risky situation, i would definitely recommend having the surgery done, you might want to have a blood test done before the surgery just to check that everything is fine with her health.
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