For open hernia repair surgery, a single long incision is made in the groin. If the hernia is bulging out of the abdominal wall (a direct hernia), the bulge is pushed back into place. If the hernia is ...

Surgery is the only way to treat an inguinal hernia. The surgery team will make a small opening in the side of the groin, place the intestines inside the abdomen, and close the opening with stitches ...

In a paper recently published in Annals of Surgery, the authors studied fertility outcomes in 32,621 Danish male inguinal hernia patients operated with mesh repair and 97,805 matched men who had ...

Inguinal hernias are the most common hernias and are seen much more often in men than in women. Inguinal hernias occur in the groin area, in a part of the abdominal wall known as the inguinal canal.

In a study conducted in Uganda and published in JAMA Surgery, researchers from Karolinska Institutet evaluated a new surgical ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 83-year-old healthy woman. In 2019, I became aware of a little bulge in my groin and suspected an inguinal hernia. It was confirmed by my family doctor.

Here, you'll find out eight top causes of groin pain in men, including their causes, symptoms and the most effective ways to treat them so you can get back to doing more of what you love. What causes ...

Chronic pain after a hernia surgery can occur in a small percentage of patients. This is successfully managed in most patients non-operatively, but occasionally surgical management may be indicated.

Surgery > Thoracic Surgery Preemies' Hernia Surgery Can Wait — Randomized study shows safety advantage to inguinal repair after initial discharge. by Crystal Phend, Contributing Editor, MedPage ...