The risk of recurrence is greater with obese patients or those who have had multiple earlier operations or the prior placement of mesh patches. Some of the factors that cause incisional hernias to ...

incisional hernias, recurrent hernias, mesh problems, and chronic groin pain. Our multidisciplinary team of hernia specialists uses a wide variety of surgical techniques including robotic surgery and ...

For example, in a study comparing suture repair of incisional hernia to mesh repair, it was found that "mesh repair results in a lower recurrence rate and less abdominal pain and does not result ...

Ten of these were incisional, and 51 were inguinal hernias ... need is undoubtedly responsible for a definite number of recurrent hernias. Of all methods for reinforcing Hesselbach's triangle ...

Some of the conditions that are treated by hernia surgeons include inguinal (groin) hernias, umbilical hernias, ventral hernias, Spigelian hernias, incisional hernias, lumbar hernias, obturator ...

The traditional treatment for hernias has been open surgery with a large incision that allows the surgeon to push the hernia back in place, then sewing the defect in the abdominal ...