Think it’s just a bulge? Don’t wait until it’s too late. Watch out for these hernia symptoms that scream ‘emergency’.

One minute it is just discomfort and the next, it is a life-threatening hernia where your gut might be crying for help as the ...

The open peritoneal repair of an inguinal hernia was first described in the late 1990s, and Kugel patch inguinal hernia repair is one of the established treatment now, since it is less invasive ...

An inguinal hernia occurs when tissue pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall near where your abdomen meets your thigh. It’s less common in women because this area is smaller in females.

It suffices to say that after the hernia sac has been resected and the peritoneum closed, the fascia about the periphery of the defect is identified and a piece of tantalum gauze sutured in place.

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It then spreads cancerous cells to the abdominal cavity lining (the peritoneum). These cancerous cells produce mucus. The mucus collects in the tummy (abdomen) as a jelly like fluid called mucin. PMP ...

The pre-peritoneal space was spread widely ... proved the diagnosis of false reduction en masse of an inguinal hernia. Opening of the hernial sac revealed severe congestion and necrosis of ...

Robotic hernia surgery, a complex kind of laparoscopic ... Because it prevents access into the peritoneal cavity, large hernias can be properly viewed and fixed with less difficulties.