The repair of any hernia is a simple procedure if adequate fascial structures are available for sound anatomic correction. Unfortunately, these tissues are not always sufficient, and surgeons have ...

Read before the Fall River Medical Society, February 12, 1930. Hodgkins — Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue ...

Think it’s just a bulge? Don’t wait until it’s too late. Watch out for these hernia symptoms that scream ‘emergency’. Feel a bulge in your belly? You might be one wrong move from the ...

Hernias are a common medical condition, with more than one million repair surgeries performed annually in the United States, according to national data. A hernia occurs when an organ or tissue ...

uq.edu.au The fascial system builds a three-dimensional continuum of soft, collagen-containing, loose and dense fibrous connective tissue that permeates the body and enables all body systems to ...

Direct hernias occur in older patients as a result of relaxation of abdominal wall musculature and thinning of the fascia. Umbilical hernias usually occur in infants and reach their maximal size ...