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FDA Approves Duo of Hernia Repair Products
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 2 different mesh devices aimed at repairing hernias.
Predictive App Enables Hernia Repair Patients to Visualize Outcomes
Surgical researchers have developed an online tool to help patients undergoing ventral hernia repair visualize how their results will be affected by factors such as weight gain, smoking cessation, and various surgical techniques.
Biliary Colic
Biliary colic is severe pain in your upper abdomen caused by a gallbladder problem. Your gallbladder stores bile, which helps break down the fats that you eat.
Causes and Risk Factors of Gallbladder Disease
While the most common cause of gallbladder disease is gallstones (called cholelithiasis), there are a number of other causes, including gallbladder inflammation (called cholecystitis), biliary dyskinesia, functional gallbladder disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and gallbladder cancer.
Inguinal Hernias - Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment
An inguinal hernia happens when a weakness in the muscle of the groin allows a section of the intestine to bulge through. The first sign of an inguinal hernia is usually an unexplained bulge in the groin area. This type of hernia can be present at birth or develop over time.
Heron Therapeutics Announces Positive Results of HTX-011 in Hernia Surgery
An extended-release formulation, HTX-011includes the local anesthetic bupivacaine in a fixed-dose combination with the anti-inflammatory meloxicam and is aimed at helping to manage post-operative pain.
State of the art: open mesh-based inguinal hernia repair.
While minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic approaches have increased in popularity, availability, and reliability, open inguinal-repair techniques continue to provide durability, low risk, minimal cost, ease of training and dissemination, and excellent outcomes and remain a fundamental foundation for the practice and art of hernia surgery.
Complex cases in laparoscopic recurrent and incisional hernia repair: multi-recurrence, infections, fistulas, difficult abdomen
The term ‘‘complex (abdominal wall) hernia’’ is often used by general surgeons and other specialists working in the abdomen to describe abdominal wall hernias which are technically challenging and time-consuming.
Inguinal Hernias - Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment
An inguinal hernia happens when a weakness in the muscle of the groin allows a section of the intestine to bulge through. The first sign of an inguinal hernia is usually an unexplained bulge in the groin area. This type of hernia can be present at birth or develop over time.
Gall bladder removal may reduce stroke risk in patients with gallstones
Previous research indicates that gallstones are linked with an increased risk of stroke. A new Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology study found that gall bladder removal may help lower this risk.