A ventral hernia is a bulge of tissues through an opening of weakness within your abdominal wall muscles. It can occur at any location on your abdominal wall. What is a ventral hernia? A ventral ...

You get a hernia when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. Hernias often happen where the belly wall is weaker, such as in ...

Laparascopic repair of ventral hernias has advanced and overcome many challenges during the past two decades, and patients who are obese, diabetic, and have a hernia no larger than 10 cm in width are ...

April 23, 2007 (Las Vegas) — Patients who undergo laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primarily transabdominal permanent sutures or tacks experience similar recurrence rates, according to a study ...

Aquina and colleagues' study, appearing in Surgery, [1] investigated the reasons for recurrence of ventral hernia (VHR) and inguinal hernia (IHR), to determine the relative importance of patient, ...

Repair of ventral hernias - hernias that occur when a bulge emerges through the abdominal muscles - is a common operation, with more than 400,000 performed annually in the U.S. However, more than a ...

Using mesh repairs instead of suture repairs in primary ventral hernia repairs may increase the risk of a surgical site infection, according to a study in JAMA Surgery. Researchers analyzed data on ...

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 ...

New Rochelle, NY, May 16, 2016--Laparascopic repair of ventral hernias has advanced and overcome many challenges during the past two decades, and patients who are obese, diabetic, and have a hernia no ...