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"question": "For a [PATIENT] with a large right inguinal hernia containing bowel (no obstruction), urinary difficulty, constipation, absent distal IVC with extensive subcutaneous varicosities over the right groin and anterior abdominal wall, collateral pelvic vessels, and a history of unprovoked DVTs, which surgeon type—upper gastrointestinal surgeon or colorectal surgeon—is most appropriate, and is abdominal wall reconstruction required?"
}For a patient with a large right inguinal hernia containing bowel (no obstruction), urinary difficulty, constipation, absent distal IVC with extensive subcutaneous varicosities over the right groin and anterior abdominal wall, collateral pelvic vessels, and a history of unprovoked DVTs, which surgeon type—upper gastrointestinal surgeon or colorectal surgeon—is most appropriate, and is abdominal wall reconstruction required?
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