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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.
Postoperative recovery depends on the size and difficulty of the hernia repair. Pain is controlled by pain medications prescribed to you on discharge from the hospital. You will be able to walk after the surgery, though you will usually need about three weeks after surgery before restarting heavy physical activity. Patients usually take 1-2 weeks off from work after a laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair.