A coroner has issued a warning to doctors following the death of a man whose life-threatening hernia was misdiagnosed as a stomach bug. Earlier this month, Nigel Parsley ruled that there had been ...

Hernias can be an unnerving manifestation of the body’s wear and tear, creating a sudden bulge in the groin or abdomen when part of an internal organ or tissue—such as the intestine—pushes ...

Most of us assume it is just sore muscles or ageing joints, but there’s another lesser-known player in your body that might be behind that tight, uncomfortable feeling: fascia. This web-like ...

Groin pain can stem from various issues, ranging from muscle strains and hip arthritis to inguinal hernias and kidney stones. Groin pain often worsens upon sitting due to how the hip flexes in this ...

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 ...

A coroner has warned about a "lack of understanding" among medics of strangulated hiatus hernia after the condition went undiagnosed in a man who later died. Tom Glover, who was in his early 70s ...

What is congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)? The diaphragm is a thin sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdominal cavity. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) occurs when there is an ...

Scarpa's fascia; Th, thigh. Arrow, aponeurotic band. The results will be discussed in three sections: abdominal wall and umbilical hernia, abdominal muscles, and inguinal canal. In general, they show ...

infiltration of the lateral oblique muscles has recently been reported as a useful technique to facilitate the closure of large ventral hernia defects (1), and in many cases can help to preserve ...

Denise Richards is on the mend after undergoing emergency surgery to repair four different hernias. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 48, is “getting stronger!” every day, her husband ...