The traditional treatment for hernias has been open surgery with a large incision that allows the surgeon to push the hernia ...

An inguinal ... hernia becomes incarcerated or strangulated, a person will require emergency surgery to treat any complications and repair the abdominal wall. A surgeon may perform open or ...

In our series of 710 consecutive laparoscopic total-extra-peritoneal hernia repairs over a period of 10 years (2001–2010), the authors report a rare case of delayed mesh infection developing 7 years ...

laparoscopic mesh hiatoplasty treatment has a lower risk of recurrence of paraesophageal hernias than repair with sutures. There’s no standard definition of a large hiatal hernia. In a 2022 ...

Inguinal hernia in women are less common than in men and have unique symptoms. They may occur more frequently during or after pregnancy.

Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Michigan Medicine found that about 1 in 6 older Americans who had undergone an operation to repair a hernia had repeat surgery less than 10 years later.

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 ...

Discover how a recent meta-analysis showed VEIL improves perioperative outcomes compared to OIL in penile cancer treatment.

most significantly an ongoing shift in the hernia repair market away from permanent synthetic mesh and increasing interest among surgeons in device alternatives to cadaveric tissue in plastic and ...

The Repair Shop fans might have noticed Jay Blades' absence from the latest series. The 55-year-old restoration expert has not appeared in new episodes of the heirloom-fixing show, which sees ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers enter the 2025 NFL Draft with key needs at defensive end, defensive tackle and cornerback on defense and receiver and offensive line on offense.