Hernias are a common medical condition, affecting over five million people in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. When someone has a hernia, it means an organ or ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Hernias, like groin, umbilical, and hiatal hernias, affect over five million people in the U.S., but only 15% of those patients seek medical treatment. Hernias can cause pain or ...

Robotic component separation for ventral hernia repair was associated with lower postoperative complication rates, shorter ...

But there may be downsides to the technology that are going undiscussed. In a research article published in JAMA Surgery, ...

A cohort study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that robotic-assisted repair for groin ...

A painful hernia can occur when tissue pushes through an opening in the lower abdomen. Hernias can develop in any part of the abdomen, but the groin, navel or the site of a previous surgery are the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When it comes to hernia repair, patients today have more ...

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a condition that may require surgery, you owe it to yourself to learn about all your options, including minimally invasive surgical treatments available ...

A large JAMA Surgery study of nearly 200,000 Medicare patients found robotic-assisted groin hernia repairs had higher five-year recurrence rates than laparoscopic or open techniques. Laparoscopic ...

The da Vinci Surgical System transforms surgical precision, enabling minimally invasive procedures with improved safety and ...

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 ...