While offering similar clinical benefits at 1 year, a medium-weight polypropylene mesh was no better for pain control than a heavy-weight mesh in patients who underwent open retromuscular ventral ...

Ariste Medical has revealed new research outlining the company’s novel method for addressing medical device failure in open ventral hernia repair. With more than 350,000 procedures performed annually, ...

March 16, 2009 — Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (LIHR) in solid-organ transplant recipients may be safe and effective, according to the results of a retrospective review reported in the March ...

Cutting edge technology may come with downsides. For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A hernia is a weakness in the abdominal wall that allows internal tissues ...

Most people experience a hernia as a bump under the skin. They occur when an internal organ, most often the small intestine, ...

Hernia is a common problem. It causes a localized bulge in the abdomen or groin. Treatment for a hernia may include watchful waiting or surgery. It can often be harmless and pain-free, but at times it ...

One minute it is just discomfort and the next, it is a life-threatening hernia where your gut might be crying for help as the hernia symptoms could be fatal. One can suffer from a hernia due to an ...

The care related to hernia surgery may vary depending on the procedure, the surgical setting, and any complications that develop. This article describes hernias and hernia surgery and looks at ...

About one in six patients undergoing hernia repair require reoperation within 10 years, according to a new research letter published March 1 in JAMA. Patients who underwent minimally invasive hernia ...