Twenty-three patients with complex medical histories (Table 2) underwent abdominal reconstruction with mesh reinforcement at Royal Liverpool Hospital between 2009 and 2012. A total of 13 patients ...

Component separation hernia repair is associated with higher incidence of wound complication, morbidity, and mortality but does not seem to be associated with increased venous thromboembolism rates, ...

More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on social media showing shoddy techniques. By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas The bulge on the side of Peggy ...

A stoma hernia, or parastomal hernia, may develop following an ileostomy. This happens when part of the intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the stoma. Surgery can help ...

An unusual bulge in the lower abdomen can cause severe pain and embarrassment, but doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on a mission to educate and treat patients one hernia at a ...

Background: Abdominal closure in the presence of enterocutaneous fistula, stoma or infection can be challenging. A single-surgeon's experience of performing components separation abdominal ...