Your abdominal muscles keep your organs and intestines in place. The protrusion of abdominal organs through a weak spot in the abdominal wall is called a hernia. Ventral hernias involve the front part ...

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On April 24, 2009 at the Saturday Plenary Session of the SAGES annual meeting, Dr. Michael Rosen of Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, presented a video on an emerging procedure that should be of ...

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A clinical trial of Medtronic’s Hugo robot has met its primary effectiveness and safety endpoints, the company said Thursday. Physicians used the robotic-assisted surgery system to treat 193 patients.

A hernia is a common problem seen in men and women. A large number of people suffer from it at some point in time. The condition is not life-threatening and can be dealt with via surgery. Nowadays, ...

Risk factors and management of incisional hernia after cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with peritoneal surface malignancies. Short-term safety of ...

More and more of these operations are to fix hernias. Photo: Intuitive Surgical. Intutive Surgical 's stock has had a very good run over the past 20 months, returning almost 45% compared with the S&P ...