GEORGETOWN, Texas — Moving is never easy. It's even harder when you're recovering from your ninth surgery. “I wish somebody had told me don't do it, don't do it,” said Carmen Pacheco. “It's put a ...

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Although mesh repair had a small reduction in recurrence rates compared with suture repairs for primary ventral hernias, risks for seroma and surgical site infection (SSI) increased, according to a ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

Tension-free crural repair with nonabsorbable mesh did not reduce the incidence of hiatal hernia recurrence in patients undergoing antireflux surgery for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

You've seen the commercials and heard the negative news about surgical mesh – and you're probably wondering if it's safe. You're not alone. Many people who need hernia repair have this concern. Dr.

AUSTIN, Texas — More than one million hernia surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. The majority of those surgeries involve plastic mesh. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration ordered ...

While offering similar clinical benefits at 1 year, a medium-weight polypropylene mesh was no better for pain control than a heavy-weight mesh in patients who underwent open retromuscular ventral ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surgical Technology International has released a publication led by Dr. Bruce Ramshaw, Past President of the Americas Hernia Society and Co-Founder of CQInsights; and Dr.

William Dalton of Hancock was 73 in December 2013, when doctors first attempted to patch the hernia in his belly. But the mesh curled up and failed, and he was back in June 2014 to get another one.