For example, in a study comparing suture repair of incisional hernia to mesh repair, it was found that "mesh repair results in a lower recurrence rate and less abdominal pain and does not result ...

Meshes used in surgery to reinforce soft or weak tissues such as hernia ... mesh structure and exclusive process for joining the two materials; easily wound for trocar insertion into the abdominal ...

A femoral hernia occurs when part of your intestine ... the herniated tissue back into place and place stitches and mesh on the abdominal wall to close and strengthen it. The surgeon will then ...

The various types of mesh available are the result of combination of different wefts, thicknesses and grammage; they are all macroporous, and can be used to treat both inguinal and abdominal ...

A 4-year-old boy in a collision with a speeding motorcycle as he crossed the road was referred to our hospital from a ...

A Cuban woman residing in Havana is making an urgent plea for help to undergo surgery for a massive hernia in her abdomen.

He was brought up in Wigan and attended schools in the borough, before joining the army and travelling around the world. But he could not speak about his experiences and was affected by what he saw, ...

Hernia repair is the commonest general surgical procedure worldwide. Using mesh to achieve a tension-free inguinal hernia repair is the gold standard in hernia repair as it significantly reduces the ...

The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, ileal resection and anastomosis, mesh hernioplasty left for the mesenteric fibromatosis mass mimicking as an irreducible inguinal hernia. Histopathology ...