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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, ...

Oct. 18, 2004 — Surgeons prefer the mesh plug repair technique for inguinal hernia repair over the Lichtenstein or Prolene Hernia System, according to the results of a randomized trial published in ...

While offering similar clinical benefits at 1 year, a medium-weight polypropylene mesh was no better for pain control than a heavy-weight mesh in patients who underwent open retromuscular ventral ...

What are the recurrence rates after laparoscopic versus open repair of primary inguinal hernia in women? In a recent review, published in JAMA Surgery, [1] the authors present a summary of findings ...

When Fergie sang about "lovely lady lumps," she certainly wasn't talking about hernias. But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)—little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes ...