If you’re experiencing mild hiatal hernia symptoms, your doctor might recommend a “wait and watch” approach along with ...

They are most common in women older than 65. Umbilical hernia is when part of the intestine or abdominal tissue pushes through a weak area around the belly button, causing it to swell or bulge.

A hernia is a small hole in the abdominal wall, which usually holds your tissues and organs — including your stomach and ...

Not all hernias require surgery, but if they become painful or interfere with someone’s quality of life, surgery is ...

An umbilical hernia is a lump that appears when part of your intestines or other tissue sticks out through your abdominal muscles near your navel. It looks like a bulge around the belly button.

Hexagon Health and its founder Dr. Shirin Towfigh diled a lawsuit in Delaware today against Medtronic (MDT), alleging Medtronic infringed three of Hexagon’s patents related to hernia mesh treatment ...

A muscular imbalance between the abdominal and thigh muscles, which both attach to the pubis, may make an athlete more prone to a sports hernia injury. The obliques and adductors are the most commonly ...

The doctor explains that the procedure includes a small incision made at the base of the belly button. If any intestine is present in the hernia, it is placed back into the abdominal cavity.

"Ventral hernia" is a term used to describe a protrusion of tissues or intestine through a weak spot in the abdominal wall. There are two types of ventral hernias: umbilical and incisional. There are ...

An umbilical hernia occurs at the umbilicus (belly button) when a loop of intestine pushes through the umbilical ring, a small opening in a fetus’ abdominal muscles through which the umbilical ...