Q. I think I have a small hernia in my groin that’s probably going to need surgery. How soon should I get this thing taken care of? A. First, if you suspect you have a hernia, get it checked ...

You probably already know that a hernia is when an organ or tissue pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue. But have you ever heard of ...

08% of pregnant women, according to one large recent retrospective study.[1]#1 Umbilical hernias occur right at your belly button, when your intestines bulge through the front of the umbilical wall.

accounting for only 2% to 4% of all groin hernias. Women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB) are up to 10 times more likely to develop a femoral hernia than men and people assigned male at ...

Q. I understand that getting a hernia fixed today is a lot easier than it used to be. Is that true? A. You get a hernia when a section of an internal organ bulges through weak abdominal muscle ...

After the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services established higher reimbursement for the repair of anterior abdominal ...

Original Medicare and some Medicare Advantage plans will cover hernia surgery when necessary. As with other types of surgery, different parts of Medicare may cover certain aspects of care.

By age 75, a noteworthy 50% of men develop an inguinal (groin) hernia - a bulge that results from soft tissue pushing through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles.

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 ...