For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been ...

Some hernias are considered congenital, meaning that a defect in the diaphragm during fetal development leads to a hernia.

A recurrent hernia is one that occurs at the site of a previous hernia repair. The risk of recurrence is greater with obese patients or those who have had multiple earlier operations or the prior ...

Now a clinic which specialises exclusively in performing hernia surgery is claiming a 99 per cent success rate for treating recurring hernias. Surgeons at the British Hernia Centre say the ...

incisional hernias, recurrent hernias, mesh problems, and chronic groin pain. Our multidisciplinary team of hernia specialists uses a wide variety of surgical techniques including robotic surgery and ...

METHODS: Six patients suffering from recurrent and complicated incisional hernias underwent a hybrid technique for their repair. The open part of the operation ensured extensive and safe ...

Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia recurrence. Surgical techniques, synthetic ...

"A surgeon can do more for the community by operating on hernia cases and seeing that his recurrence rate is low than he can by operating on cases of malignant disease" Incisional hernias can ...

We initially saw higher complication and hernia recurrence rates when laparoscopic hernia repairs were first introduced, but we still pushed to overcome the ‘learning curve’ of people picking ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...