Ventral hernia repair, a common surgical procedure in the United States, may provide a lot of volume for hospitals, but a majority result in a net loss, according to a General Surgery News report.

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Aquina and colleagues' study, appearing in Surgery, [1] investigated the reasons for recurrence of ventral hernia (VHR) and inguinal hernia (IHR), to determine the relative importance of patient, ...

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The study analyzed a large sample of Medicare-insured patients undergoing ventral hernia repairs and found that those ...

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (VHR) is a procedure that is increasingly carried out in clinical practice, as a result of the advent of dual-layer meshes. The efficacy, safety, and ...

Chronic pain is a common and feared complication of ventral hernia repair. Pain affects up to 39% of the estimated 348,000 Americans who annually undergo ventral hernia repair. Pain may contribute to ...

A hernia occurs when an internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle or surrounding tissue wall. This can cause a visible bulge and sometimes pain or discomfort especially during ...

MALVERN, Pa., May 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TELA Bio, Inc. ("TELA"), a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on designing, developing, and marketing innovative tissue reinforcement ...

An unusual bulge in the lower abdomen can cause severe pain and embarrassment, but doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on a mission to educate and treat patients one hernia at a ...

Cutting edge technology may come with downsides. For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open techniques. But a new approach for repairing hernias has ...