ELCE Hernia Foundation

ELCE HERNIA FOUNDATION was launched by Shri S. Sasikumar, Regional Passport Officer, Coimbatore, at ELCE Clinics premises. one of the goals of ELCE Hernia Foundation is, creating awareness in the masses and offering hernia surgeries at affordable costs. Hernia is a protrusion of abdominal content through the weakness of abdominal muscle. Bulges may appear in the abdomen – both upper and lower areas, umbilical area and groin area. Incisional hernia follows any previous abdominal surgery and is mostly seen in women after caesarian or open uterus removal surgery. The bulges may appear and/or disappear from time to time but will surface after a while and continue remaining as a bulge and cause obstruction and then have to be surgically removed. Hernia cannot be cured by medicines. Surgery is the only option. Among surgical options, there are 2 types of procedures available – open & laparoscopic. Laparoscopic techniques involve minimal pain, blood loss and scar and the patient will have to be hospitalized for a very minimal period of time and can get back to his/her routine much earlier.

Dr. P.S. Rajan, Chairman of ELCE is equipped with over 20 years of experience in laparoscopy and endoscopy. He is a pioneer in day-care laparoscopic procedures. He has done hundreds of live demonstrations of laparoscopic hernia repairs in national and international Conferences and has been a faculty for various Laparoscopic Training Courses across the country. Under his leadership, ELCE can boast of many achievements in the past one year such as mentioned below:

A patient, 36 years of age that suffered from hernia for 17 years of his life (incisional hernia caused as a result of open surgeries following a major accident) has been treated by laparoscopic mesh repair.
A 90-yr old woman was in an emergency situation with an obstructed hernia and had to undergo immediate laparoscopic surgery, and was discharged from the hospital on the 2nd day after the obstructed hernia was rectified.
Hernia laparoscopic procedure is combined with other laparoscopic surgeries at the same time as a way of cost-cutting measure for the patients.
A patient with 35% of cardiac functioning has been operated upon with great care and attention through laparoscopic surgery and went back with complete healing.5. Hernia repair for a patient with weak lungs and severe breathing difficulties was successful and the recovery speedy.
An 80-yr old male from Karaikudi was treated for hernia as a day-care procedure.

Senior citizens between the age of 70 & 80 years have been treated for hernia with utmost care as a day-care procedure and were able to continue on with good health.
In March 2014, ELCE conducted Hernia Week and special packages for laparoscopic surgeries were offered for the masses.
In December, 2014, Hernia month offered free consultation and special packages for advanced hernia mesh repair for all hernia patients.
Over 25 articles have been published in weekly & monthly magazines and newspapers all over Tamil Nadu.
Dr. P.S.Rajan has given over 20 awareness programmes and series of talks on FM Radio on the topic of Hernia.

ELCE HERNIA FOUNDATION, the first of its kind in India has been launched today with the goal of spreading awareness about laparoscopic solutions in hernia repair and the possibility of early recovery and day-care procedure among the masses and aims to provide hernia surgeries at affordable cost and assist the patients.