A coroner has warned about a "lack of understanding" among medics of strangulated hiatus hernia after the condition went ...

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals ...

Dr. Kyle Seudeal, a general surgeon with Franciscan Health, sat down with 13News to share insights into this common medical ...

A hiatal hernia cannot be self-diagnosed with a physical exam and may be potentially dangerous. Instead, you should see a doctor if you experience symptoms of a hiatal hernia, such as indigestion ...

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

Robotic hernia repairs show slightly higher recurrence rates compared to laparoscopic and open methods, with differences of 1.1% and 0.7% respectively over 10 years.

When determining whether a hiatal hernia requires surgery, doctors often consider the symptoms and the type of hernia. Surgery may be recommended if the hernia become large enough that it bulges ...

Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia recurrence. Surgical techniques, synthetic ...

Cutting edge technology may come with downsides. For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...

Meshes used in surgery to reinforce soft or weak tissues such as hernia repairs using the open or laparoscopy approach. The double-layered structure means that the device is especially indicated ...