Hernia surgery can be done in as little as 30–45 minutes, and you’ll usually be able to head home the same day. Following hernia repair surgery, you’ll need at least a week or two before you can ...

The lump of the hernia is due to the weakness in the wall of the muscles of the abdomen or groin. The content of the sac is usually a part of the intestine. Synonyms and related terms – Inguinal ...

The type of Abdominal repair surgery chosen will depend on size, location and the accompanying complications of the Hernia. This is the surgery of choice for all irreducible or strangulated hernias.

Umbilical hernia repair surgery is a procedure that fixes umbilical hernias. An umbilical hernia involves a bulge or pouch that forms in the abdomen. This type of bulge occurs when a section of the ...

More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on social media showing shoddy techniques. By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas The bulge on the side of Peggy ...

St. Joseph’s/Candler is providing a valuable service, offering free hernia screenings to the community at two locations on ...