Patients with chronic pain after inguinal hernia surgery are often not given the option to undergo additional surgery. Although additional surgery is not the right choice for everyone, mesh removal...
What is a groin hernia in women and why is it important? What is the preferred repair method? Groin hernias are typically associated with men, but they can also occur in...
Obesity is a major health problem in our society, with an increasing number of obese individuals including children. Obesity and its interaction with hernia disease are described in the following...
A hernia can be seen in any person. Inguinal hernias are more common in men. Most hernias grow over time and significantly impair a person's quality of life. Sometimes hernias...
Read the informative writing on the use of meshes in the repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias! This brief fact sheet will help you have information about the use of...
The primary goal in hernia surgery is that the repair performed does not recur. Famous German surgeon Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) said in 1878 that "If we could artificially produce tissues of...
In hernia repair, there are traditional open surgery methods and laparoscopic hernia repair methods as known as keyhole surgery. Both ways provide satisfactory results and have superiorities and weaknesses against...
