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

Outcomes Better When Ventral Hernia Repair Is Elective, Study Finds

AUSTIN, Texas—Patients who undergo nonelective ventral hernia repair tend to have higher recurrence rates, ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ventral Hernia Repair in Obese Patients: Risks and Benefits

As much as 60% of the 350,000 patients who undergo ventral hernia repair every year meet the criteria for obesity. ...

MAY 14, 2020

Cost Evaluation of ERAS for Hernia Repair

David Earle, MD, discusses costs associated with an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for open ventral ...

MAY 25, 2018

Component Separation QOL Problems Appear to Resolve Over Time

Nashville, Tenn.—Surgeons may be reluctant to perform component separation in ventral hernia repair over ...

JULY 5, 2017

Minimally Invasive Herniorrhaphy Using the da Vinci^® Surgical System: From Community to Academia—Enabling MIS Across the Hernia Complexity Spectrum

This monograph provides insights on the adoption of robotic-assisted surgery using the da Vinci® Surgical ...

JANUARY 10, 2017

Study Suggests BMI Target for Ventral Hernia Repair

Washington—To reduce the risk for complications in obese patients undergoing open ventral incisional hernia ...

MAY 12, 2016

Study May Temper Fear of MRSA as Long-Term Risk for Hernia Patients

A history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection can complicate outcomes in ventral hernia ...

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Study Stresses Need for Long-Term Tracking of Hernia Patients

Chicago—In what is believed to be the world’s largest reported series of patients with mesh infections ...

JANUARY 19, 2016