For example, in a study comparing suture repair of incisional hernia to mesh repair, it was found that "mesh repair results in a lower recurrence rate and less abdominal pain and does not result ...

A Cuban woman residing in Havana is making an urgent plea for help to undergo surgery for a massive hernia in her abdomen.

We present a patient presenting with a BH-IK in the setting of a symptomatic, multiply recurrent incisional hernia. Although there is no consensus on the best BH-IK repair technique, we propose that ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal ...

Whether a midline or transverse incision is used in abdominal surgery depends mainly on the disease, anatomy and potential effects on wound healing, pain and postoperative complications.

He was brought up in Wigan and attended schools in the borough, before joining the army and travelling around the world. But he could not speak about his experiences and was affected by what he saw, ...

Pope Francis undergoes a three-hour abdominal surgery to repair an incisional hernia on June 7. A team of surgeons removes scar tissue and operates on a hernia in the pope’s abdominal wall at ...