Hernia surgery can be done in as little as 30–45 minutes, and you’ll usually be able to head home the same day. Following hernia repair surgery, you’ll need at least a week or two before you can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was common following inguinal hernia surgery in an international cohort study. Among 4,151 adults across 32 countries, incidence of needing bladder decompression ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 83-year-old healthy woman. In 2019, I became aware of a little bulge in my groin and suspected an inguinal hernia. It was confirmed by my family doctor. Given its small size and ...

The Baylor Medicine Hernia Center offers comprehensive care for a vast array of hernias, ranging from simple to complex abdominal wall problems, including umbilical hernias, inguinal hernias, ventral ...

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 ...

An inguinal hernia occurs when tissue pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall near where your abdomen meets your thigh. It’s less common in women because this area is smaller in females.

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 ...

A sports hernia is a tear or strain of your muscle, ligament, or tendon in your groin area or lower abdomen. You don’t need to play sports to get a sports hernia, but it’s more common in people who ...

In a study conducted in Uganda and published in JAMA Surgery, researchers from Karolinska Institutet evaluated a new surgical method for treating groin hernias in women. The method could become an ...