Every Halloween and Election Day, Liz Soares gets the heebie-jeebies from a burst of post-traumatic stress over a surgical complication.

By the time he had that chicken and mash meal 18 months ago, his restricted lifestyle meant his weight had dropped to less than 11st. The reflux had also left him with a hiatus hernia as a result ...

“Dr. Daes now uses the block routinely on gallbladder patients and hiatal hernia patients,” he said ... and Springer outside the submitted work. Grocott had no relevant financial disclosures.

Other Types of Hernias Although it is similarly named, a sports hernia differs from a hiatal hernia or an inguinal hernia ... but it can also extend to the outside of the hip. It's often made worse ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

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

Paraesophageal hernias, a rare type of hernia, occur when part of the stomach or nearby organs shift into the chest cavity.

What Is an Umbilical Hernia? 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 ...

An umbilical hernia is a bulge that develops over the belly button. It occurs when part of the small intestine pushes through an opening in the abdominal wall. A femoral hernia occurs when fatty ...