How is the procedure performed.

How is the procedure performed?
Some doctors use general anesthesia, while others use local anesthesia along with sedatives to make the patient sleepy. The surgery can take anywhere from two to five hours depending on the amount of work required. Most of the time, the surgeon will make an incision in the lower abdomen just above the pubis or can make a long incision from hipbone to hipbone. A second incision is made to separate the naval from the surrounding tissue and then the skin and fat is then dissected off of the abdominal muscles all the way up to the bottom of the rib cage. Sometimes, sutures are placed on the muscles of the abdominal wall to tighten one side of the abdomen to the other and thereby make the abdomen more firm. The skin above the belly button is drawn down to the pubis and sutured into position. A new hole is placed in the skin and the belly button is positioned in and stitched into place. Finally, the incisions will be sutured together, dressings applied and a temporary tube may be inserted to drain excess fluid from the surgical site