May 4, 2009 — Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair with tissue augmentation and transfascial fixation is improving overall outcomes as more surgeons gain experience and proficiency in the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My primary doctor declared it an “incisional hernia,” probably due to ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

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 meshes, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My primary doctor declared it an “incisional hernia,” probably due to ...

Punawale, Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 2: Varad Multispeciality Hospital, Punawale, Pimpri-Chinchwad, has emerged as a leading center for advanced gastrointestinal and hernia surgery in Pune, ...

Occurrence of parastomal hernia depends on the type of loop or terminal colostomy and is estimated at 0-38% and 4-78%, respectively. Most of them appear within 2 years from surgery [1, 2]. With regard ...