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  2. Inguinal hernia surgery - Wikipedia

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    Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube called the inguinal canal in the groin region. There are two different clusters of hernia: groin and ventral (abdominal) wall. Groin hernia includes femoral, obturator, and inguinal. [1]

  3. Inguinal hernia - Wikipedia

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    There is currently no medical recommendation about how to manage an inguinal hernia condition in adults, due to the fact that, until the early 2010s, [24] [25] elective surgery used to be recommended. The hernia truss (or hernia belt) is intended to contain a reducible inguinal hernia within the abdomen. It is not considered to provide a cure ...

  4. Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to ...

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    In gynaecology, there is currently a backlog of 260,000 women waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment, while in orthopaedics more than 40% of patients are waiting longer than the 18-week NHS ...

  5. Hernia repair - Wikipedia

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    The first differentiating factor in hernia repair is whether the surgery is done open, or laparoscopically. Open hernia repair is when an incision is made in the skin directly over the hernia. Laparoscopic hernia repair is when minimally invasive cameras and equipment are used and the hernia is repaired with only small incisions adjacent to the ...

  6. Gynaecology patients going private to avoid NHS waiting lists

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    The surgery cost Claire more than £10,000 with a private consultant - the same one she is on a three-year waiting list to see through the NHS. "This was the last option, it was desperation," she ...

  7. NHS targets - Wikipedia

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    NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...

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