What are the recurrence rates after laparoscopic versus open repair of primary inguinal hernia in women? In a recent review, published in JAMA Surgery, [1] the authors present a summary of findings ...

Preterm infants with inguinal hernia did better with a late repair strategy after leaving the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and reaching 55 weeks' postmenstrual age compared with planning the ...

Every year, more than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide, and up to one-third of them require surgical repair of inguinal hernias—a procedure that, under general anesthesia, carries ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Are there any nonsurgical ways to repair an inguinal hernia, like exercise, diet or walking? I believe I caught mine early on. The mesh does not seem promising. — R.K. Dear R.K.: An ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A hernia is a weakness in the abdominal wall that ...

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 ...

A group of UAB researchers developed a web-based decision support tool in their recent publication, “Patient, Nurse, Medical Assistant, and Surgeon Perspectives Inform the Development of a Decision ...

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 ...

Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully ...

The use of an intraoperative catheter did not protect against the development of postoperative urinary retention (PUR) for patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ...

Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery. Even ...