The diagnosis? A sports hernia. This condition also goes by many other names, including athletic pubalgia and Gilmore’s groin – after the late British surgeon Jerry Gilmore who was the first ...

The diagnosis? A sports hernia. This condition also goes by many other names, including athletic pubalgia and Gilmore's groin—after the late British surgeon Jerry Gilmore who was the first to ...

Surgical procedure The patient underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure – laparoscopic fundoplication – to treat the large hiatus hernia and alleviate his severe acid reflux.

Atrial fibrillation (AF), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernias are commonly seen in clinical practice. GERD and hiatal hernias have been proposed to be a possible cause of AF.

Nissen fundoplication for hiatal hernia. In this surgery, the surgeon stitches together your upper stomach and lower esophagus. Hernia surgery cost The cost depends on where you live, what kind ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Aaron Thomas denied he ever tested former students for hernias or puberty while running his “naked fat test” program for nearly 30 years at North Kingstown ...

In contrast, the setting for a laparoscopic myotomy (the same as that for a laparoscopic fundoplication) is much easier for the patient, the anesthesiologist, and the OR personnel. In addition ...

A hernia occurs when a weakness or gap in the abdominal muscles allows internal organs or tissues to push through, creating a visible bulge under the skin. The abdominal wall is made up of several ...

Introduction: Use of mesh to reinforce laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair (LHHR) has been a popular topic of debate among foregut surgeons in recent years. Augmentation with mesh appears to reduce ...

The diagnosis? A sports hernia. This condition also goes by many other names, including athletic pubalgia and Gilmore's groin - after the late British surgeon Jerry Gilmore who was the first to coin ...

What is a “sports hernia”? A hernia is an out pouching (turning or bulging out) of tissue through a space which it is not intended to pass through. As a result, the trapped tissue often becomes ...