Alphonsus Matovu, Ph.D. student at the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Global Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend his thesis "Groin Hernia Surgery ...

In a study conducted in Uganda and published in JAMA Surgery, researchers from Karolinska Institutet evaluated a new surgical method for treating groin hernias in women. The method could become an ...

Groin hernias may get all the attention, but a hiatal hernia-a lesser-known, yet surprisingly common type-affects more women than men. If you're wondering, "What does a hiatal hernia feel like?" keep ...

If you're carrying extra weight, smoke, or have a cough or sneeze that won't go away, you may be at higher risk for a condition many people don't think about: A hernia. Use of billing codes in big ...

At 35 years old, Amy Bamford lives with an ‘unfixable’ hernia in her abdomen. Since August 2022, it’s been slowly developing, pushing out of a 25 centimetre gap in her belly following emergency ...

If you're carrying extra weight, smoke, or have a cough or sneeze that won't go away, you may be at higher risk for a condition many people don't think about: A hernia. A decline in smoking in the ...