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1 hernia repair? 2 A On October 7th and he had his surgery on 3 October 8th, 1980. 4 Q And what exactly did you do to him? 5 A Well, we repaired the incarcerated hernia 6 and in doing so removed the contents of the sac which 7 appeared to be a small knot of fat which originates 8 inside the abdominal cavity, but we noticed at the 9 time of surgery that this was unusually firm. 10 We went ahead and sent that to the 11 laboratory for examination and went on and closed the 12 hernia defect and completed the operation, and he was 13 discharged, I believe, one or two days later. 14 Q And, therefore, approximately how long did 15 Mr. Vandergucht spend in the hospital as a result of 16 the hernia operation? 17 A I believe it was three days. 18 Q And I assume when you say that you performed 19 surgery on him, you had to make an incision and 20 actually operate? 21 A That is true. Page 947 j i j j j I ' ! ; j j !