Two published studies of the PolySoft hernia patch used with the ONSTEP inguinal hernia repair technique were identified. Both studies are case series that reported initial experience in surgery.

Your muscles are usually strong enough to keep your intestines in their proper place. But sometimes, abdominal tissue can push through a weakened spot in your muscle. If this occurs in the wall of ...

When Fergie sang about "lovely lady lumps," she certainly wasn't talking about hernias. But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)—little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes ...

and can also increase the risk for some kinds of hernias. Femoral hernias occur when fatty tissue or part of the intestine squeezes through an opening in the abdominal wall and into the upper thigh, ...