Cyrus C. Hopkins, Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Clean Surgery: Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Noncardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Herniorrhaphy, and Mastectomy, Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, ...

Herniorrhaphy for patients with severe cirrhosis of the liver with ascites must be undertaken with caution, but is not as hazardous a procedure as might be anticipated.

April 14, 2005 --; Herniorrhaphy with polypropylene mesh may cause inguinal vasal obstruction (IVO) with resultant infertility, according to the results of a case series published in the April ...

Prospective Evaluation of Prostate Cancer Risk in Candidates for Inguinal Hernia Repair Thomas AA, Rosenblatt S, Wachterman J, et al J Am Coll Surg. 2009;209:371-376 ...

Herniorrhaphy refers to a surgical technique that relies primarily on sutures to secure herniated tissue in its proper location and strengthen the weakened muscle at the site.

Herniorrhaphy is the oldest type of hernia surgery and is still being used. It involves a surgeon making a long incision directly over the hernia then using surgical tools to open the cut enough ...

A splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as that of a caudal block for children's postoperative herniorrhaphy pain, according to a study published in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology.

The authors suggest a splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as a caudal block for postoperative herniorrhaphy pain in children. Read the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology abstract on splash ...

An umbilical hernia was diagnosed in a 2-wk-old Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) by physical and ultrasonographic examinations. Umbilical herniorrhaphy was elected because the defect was large ...