Hernia News

Q I am an 80-plus-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis. My doctor has reduced my methotrexate dosage due to his concern about kidney damage.

It is hoped the procedure will ensure the 30-year-old is fit in time to return for the start of pre-season training in July, ahead of a campaign which will see the Swans compete in the Europa League after their Capital One Cup triumph.

A raft of mistakes at Tauranga Hospital led to the misdiagnosis of a patient who later died, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.

Spinal Modulation Inc., designed the Axiuma Spinal Cord Stimulator System specifically to relieve chronic pain experienced by patients suffering from long-term nerve damage following surgery , complex regional pain syndrome , amputation pain, or failed back surgery syndrome .

By Hope Sande As Patience's baby grew, so did the bulge around his bellybutton. A doctor diagnosed him with a hernia, but said it was nothing to worry about.

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With his wife Johnnie behind him, Bill Silvester stands outside on his back porch at his home in Crystal Lake on Thursday.

A team source with direct knowledge of Laich's health and recovery process told the Washington Post that the forward underwent sports hernia surgery within days of re-injuring his groin.

In infected incisional ventral hernias , the use of a synthetic non-absorbable mesh is not recommended and biological meshes hold promise.

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair through 5mm port sites with mesh, is a safe, technically feasible and effective procedure with no associated infection and minimal perioperative morbidity, delegates to the 82nd Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons have been told.

Laich underwent sports hernia surgery earlier this month after re-injuring his groin on April 4 against the New York Islanders.