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APRIL 9, 2025

Options for Managing Hernias in Obese Patients In the Emergency Setting

By Ajai Srinivas

SAN FRANCISCO—Managing hernias in morbidly obese patients is a thorny problem in the best of circumstances. But what about in the worst? In a presentation at the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Olliver Núñez Cantú, MD, a general surgeon at Centro Médico ABC in Mexico City, addressed the question, offering two effective approaches in these less-than-optimal situations.

“This is a real challenge; most of the time,