Hernia
Core Conversations: Spotlighting Small Primary Ventral Hernias (Episode 1)
In the debut of the new podcast, Drs. Jenny Shao and Dina Podolsky go in detail on how to best approach and manage ...
AUGUST 20, 2025
Debating the Best Approach to Obese Patients With Ventral Hernias
Surgeons debate how best to serve obese patients with ventral hernias, discussing the role of weight loss and ...
MAY 27, 2025
No Outcome Advantage With Mesh in Lap Hiatal Hernia Repairs, Study Suggests
The use of mesh in laparoscopic hiatal and paraesophageal hernia repairs is linked to increased length of stay, ...
APRIL 11, 2025
Options for Managing Hernias in Obese Patients In the Emergency Setting
Managing hernias in morbidly obese patients is a thorny problem in the best of circumstances. But what about in the ...
APRIL 9, 2025
Expert Discusses the Many Permanent Mesh Options in Hernia Repair
Permanent mesh materials may have come a long way since the days of metal sutures and tantalum gauze, but the ...
MARCH 18, 2025
Best of SLS 2024: Sliding Inguinal Bladder Hernia: A Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Repair
Presenter: Dillon Rogando, BS
MARCH 6, 2025
Hot Topics in General Surgery, Part 1
From the “10 Hot Topics in General Surgery” session at the 2024 Clinical Congress of the American ...
MARCH 4, 2025
Sugarbaker, Keyhole Techniques Yield Comparable Outcomes In Parastomal Hernia Repair
Patients who undergo open parastomal hernia repair have similar outcomes at two years postoperatively, regardless ...
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Hernia Tool Provides ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Surgical Risk Communication
When Dana A. Telem, MD, MPH, and her colleagues at the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative set out to implement ...
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Optimization for Hernias May Have Gone Too Far, Expert Suggests
Although optimizing patients before hernia surgery is a worthwhile clinical target, the pendulum of such ...
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Frailty a Reason to Withhold Hernia Surgery? Expert Reviews the Data
Frailty can have a negative effect on patient outcomes, but it should not be used to refuse hernia repair to a ...
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Surgical Insights with Eric Pauli, MD: How Frailty Affects Hernia Surgery
Sharon Bachman, MD, discusses how patients’ age and frailty may impact surgical outcomes with Dr. Eric ...
DECEMBER 10, 2024
