A warm wet trickling feeling in the groin area is often a sign of bleeding. You can help your nurse by checking your Band-Aid® every 1/2 hour. Do this by applying light pressure over the Band-Aid® with the fingertips of your closest hand.
treatment without surgery Alter your activities so that you do not sit with your hips so flexed: sit with the leg on the painful side slightly forward, extended at the hip.
It is best to use a needle that is thicker than than the usual needles (21 or 23 gauge) and is fixed to the barrel to keep the needle from breaking off in your groin.
lymph nodes in your groin together with the surrounding fatty and connective tissue. The aim of the operation is to remove all the lymph glands involved with the cancer.
Get Well Soon Helping you to make a speedy recovery after surgery for groin hernia repair 2 Print instructions: To print this document click once on the print icon in your Acrobat Browser, or go to File, then Print on the drop down menu.
You need to follow precautions for your arm if you had an axillary node (underarm) dissection and leg precautions if you had a groin node dissection.
A small puncture is made in your groin. A needle is used to gain access to the femoral artery, where a wire is then fed through the femoral artery and advanced into the aorta or main blood vessel of the body.
Care after your groin lymph node surgery This handout is to help you learn how to care for yourself and recover from your groin lymph node surgery.
Page 3 Introduction Your surgeon has recommended that you undergo an operation to repair your groin hernia. This leaflet has been designed to provide you
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Trust PATIENT INFORMATION INGUINAL BLOCK DISSECTION Why do I need Inguinal Block Dissection? You have been diagnosed with a malignant condition and advised to have some of the lymph nodes removed from your groin.