An inguinal hernia is a condition in which part of the intestine bulges through a hole in the abdominal wall of the groin. There are two types of inguinal hernias: Indirect inguinal hernias — usually ...

Our skilled pediatric surgeons perform genital and inguinal procedures (relating to the groin), such as circumcision and inguinal hernia repair. Because of their specialist training, our surgeons have ...

A hernia is the protrusion of an organ through a weak area of the body wall, commonly in the groin. Risk factors include heavy lifting, chronic cough, obesity, pregnancy, and surgery. Symptoms include ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

CPT 49496 (Repair, initial inguinal hernia, full term infant younger than age 6 months, or preterm infant older than 50 weeks postconception age and younger than age 6 months at the time of surgery, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – There are over one million hernia surgeries every year in the U.S. alone, and 800,000 of those are to treat the most common type – an inguinal hernia. They affect ...

Discover a study exploring how sugammadex reduces postoperative urinary retention in minimally invasive inguinal hernia ...

Does herniorrhaphy impair male fertility? In a paper recently published in Annals of Surgery, [1] the authors studied fertility outcomes in 32,621 Danish male inguinal hernia patients operated with ...

Sterilized mosquito nets can replace costly surgical meshes in the repair of inguinal (groin) hernias without further risk to the patients, according to a new study. This makes mosquito nets a good ...

Two study groups have proposed novel surgical interventions to prevent inguinal hernia—a complication of radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). Stranne et al. recommend surgical narrowing of the ...

Background Chronic groin pain is a common and debilitating condition in highly active athletes. Symptoms are often ascribed to the so-called Sportsman's Hernia, and these patients frequently undergo ...