Hernia surgery can be done in as little as 30–45 minutes, and you’ll usually be able to head home the same day. Following hernia repair surgery, you’ll need at least a week or two before you can ...

When determining whether a hiatal hernia requires surgery, doctors often consider the symptoms and the type of hernia. Surgery may be recommended if the hernia become large enough that it bulges into ...

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 ...

About one in six older Americans who'd undergone an operation to repair a hernia had repeat hernia surgery less than 10 years later, Michigan Medicine research found. These rates have barely improved ...

Preterm infants with inguinal hernia did better with a late repair strategy after leaving the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and reaching 55 weeks' postmenstrual age compared with planning the ...