The major symptom of a hiatal hernia is acid reflux, which is stomach acid that goes backward into the esophagus. So, the ...

I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some ...

Excessive and rapid weight loss after undergoing minimally invasive surgical treatment of morbid obesity may increase the risk of internal hernia, surgeons have warned. Excessive and rapid weight ...

A hernia during pregnancy occurs when an internal organ or tissue pushes through ... umbilical hernias (near the belly button) and inguinal hernias (in the groin area). Pregnancy can increase ...

Background Reduction en masse of inguinal hernia is a rare condition following ... an incarcerated small bowel at the cranial and internal sides of the internal inguinal ring.

All About Inguinal Hernia He Is Suffering From ... of muscle and strong tissue that help you move and protect internal organs. A hernia is a gap in this muscular wall that allows the contents ...

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

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A ...

The Baylor Medicine Hernia Center offers comprehensive care for a vast array of hernias, ranging from simple to complex abdominal wall problems, including umbilical hernias, inguinal hernias, ventral ...

Large inguinal hernias are dealt with in the usual way ... To avoid constriction of the spermatic cord at the internal inguinal orifices, the strip is inserted only through the upper border ...

What some pet owners see as an “outie” belly button on their dog could in fact be an umbilical hernia, which occurs when a small amount of abdominal fat protrudes through the body wall ...

poorly limited direct inguinal hernia was present. The ilioinguinal nerve was found to be bound down to the medial surface of the anterosuperior spine by the aponeurosis of the internal oblique ...