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2. Umbilical hernia - Wikipedia

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   However, because the risk of complications with age are higher and the hernia is unlikely to resolve without treatment, surgery is usually recommended. [2] Usually hernia has content of bowel, abdominal fat or omentum, tissue that normally would reside inside the abdominal cavity if it was not for the hernia. In some cases, the content gets ...

3. Hernia - Wikipedia

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   Double indirect hernia: an indirect inguinal hernia with two hernia sacs, without a concomitant direct hernia component (as seen in a pantaloon hernia). [26] Hiatus hernia: a hernia due to "short oesophagus" — insufficient elongation — stomach is displaced into the thorax; Littre's hernia: a hernia involving a Meckel's diverticulum.

4. Single-port laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Although awareness of single-port surgery is high amongst surgeons, [5] the use of specialised instruments through such limited access requires considerable skill and training. This operative training and experience is currently limited and some negative perceptions regarding increased operating time and complications with this type of surgery ...

5. Paraumbilical hernia - Wikipedia

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   There is no medical treatment to cure a hernia. It requires surgery which involves closing the hole. If the hole is very small this can sometimes be accomplished by simply reapproximating the connective tissue. However for best long term success most hernias require a permanent barrier to cover the defect much like repairing a hole in a tire.

6. 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.

7. 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 ...