Hernias often look like a bulge or swelling under the skin. The type of hernia someone has depends on its cause and location on the body. A hernia occurs when part of an internal organ pushes ...

Original Medicare and some Medicare Advantage plans will cover hernia surgery when necessary. As with other types of surgery, different parts of Medicare may cover certain aspects of care.

Hernia mesh can cause serious complications that may require revision surgeries. Thousands of hernia mesh lawsuits have already been filed, helping victims pursue justice and compensation for their ...

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals when to act. Benjamin Miller, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon at the ...

Anantapur: A 58-year-old woman suffering from a massive brain tumour (over 5 cm) has found relief after a complex surgery performed by doctors at KIMS Saveera Hospital, Anantapur. She had been ...

ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial. We sought to compare short-term and long-term ...