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Surgery can be delayed, medications can be given to help reduce the acidity and volume of stomach contents, or maneuvers may be employed to protect from aspiration, for example placing a cuffed endotracheal tube into the trachea.y placing a patient on NPO status, there will be nothing to aspirate because any food would have been absorbed into the small intestines by that time of surgery 6-8 hrs later. + 23 others found this useful.
The re-rupture rate after having surgery is approximately 3%. The recovery period is shorter because you begin therapy 1-2 weeks after surgery, to prevent joint stiffness and loss of muscle mass. The surgery takes approximately 90 minutes and can be performed on an outpatient basis, meaning you can go home the same day.