Mesh is then placed over the defect to reinforce ... Laparoscopic surgery allows the surgeon to repair both hernias without making more incisions. Open hernia repair can be done under general, spinal, ...

Roseanna Clarkin is now registered as disabled, after complications following her hernia mesh repair "Too many" types of hernia mesh implants are being used on NHS patients with little or no ...

Dr. Greg Vigna Dr. Vigna advocates for P4HB mesh over synthetic alternatives in hernia repair, citing lower infection risks and better o ...

A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at the site of a urinary conduit and symptoms of urinary obstruction lasting ...

which allows the surgeon to see exactly where the repair needs to be made. Using the Da Vinci robot, your surgeon repairs the hernia via telemanipulation and then surrounds the affected tissue in a ...

Leila Hackett had an umbilical hernia mesh repair in 2013. "Straightaway I could feel the mesh," she said. "It was like somebody scratching you from inside your body, it's so unpleasant and constant.

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A ...

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 ...