A nationwide cohort study has found that using mesh weighing 45–60 g/m² in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair minimized the ...

Surgeons at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago are the first to show that using a mesh patch to repair a hernia of the diaphragm significantly reduces the recurrence of the hernia ...

April 6, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Surgeons at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, have devised a method to project a "laser roadmap" intraabdominally to visually guide surgeons in ...

Using surgical mesh instead of stitches alone when repairing abdominal hernias appears to reduce the chances the problem will return, a new study suggests. But mesh use is linked to other surgical ...

You bend to lift a bag, sneeze a little too hard, or notice a strange bulge that was not there before. That small lump in your abdomen could be a hernia. While the word itself can sound alarming, ...

NewsVoir Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], December 30: A hernia may seem like a small bulge at first, but for many people, it gradually turns into discomfort, pain, and limitations in daily activities.

A physician recently diagnosed me with an inguinal hernia. I’ve had it for about eight months on my left side. I do wear a support belt most of the time. I’m a 71-year-old man in good health, and I ...