Hernia is a debilitating condition in which your internal organs can spill out of their ideal place, causing painful protrusions. One such type of hernia is inguinal hernia which mostly affects men.

Inguinal hernia is a type of hernia which occurs in the lower abdomen in the groin region. This presents as a swelling which increases with upright posture and on coughing. Though this is known to ...

A group of UAB researchers developed a web-based decision support tool in their recent publication, “Patient, Nurse, Medical Assistant, and Surgeon Perspectives Inform the Development of a Decision ...

You may suffer from an inguinal hernia when tissue like a part of the intestine, protrudes through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles owing to which the resulting bulge can be painful. This hernia ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

Percutaneous internal ring suturing (PIRS) is a method of laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, i.e. percutaneous closure of the internal inguinal ring under the control of a telescope placed in the umbilicus.

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

THE purpose of this paper is to present a case of pregnancy occurring in the right inguinal canal, between the layers of the abdominal wall. A careful survey of the medical literature failed to reveal ...