Look especially for obvious distension, swellings, hernias, or other masses or scars ... This is a diagnosis that should be considered in all women of reproductive age. Classically the patient will ...

Unlike inguinal hernias, femoral hernias occur more frequently in women due to the wider ... multiple pregnancies or previous abdominal surgery. Muscle weakness plays a large part in most, if not all, ...

Women and people assigned female at birth ... tissue pushes through a weak spot near the groin in the lower abdominal wall.

Patients will report pain in the lower abdomen and groin that is worsened with sudden twisting or turning. Many will even describe a tearing sensation. Diagnosing a sports hernia is challenging, as it ...

Inguinal hernias (near the groin) are less common and occur when tissue bulges through a weak spot in the lower abdomen or groin ... Many pregnant women experience mild hernia symptoms — or ...

The female patient in her 80s presented to the emergency ... due to limited operating theatre availability at our rural facility. Spigelian hernia is a rare cause for lower abdominal pain and mass.

The concept of abdominal core health, a new field, focuses first on maximizing the core muscle strength of patients when they are healthy, through exercise, nutrition and physical therapy. When ...

A Cuban woman residing in Havana is making an urgent plea for help to undergo surgery for a massive hernia in her abdomen. Grisel Blanco, who lives in the La Víbora neighborhood in the Diez de Octubre ...

Introduction Emerging evidence has shown that using smaller more frequent sutures close to the fascial wound edge is associated with a lower incidence of incisional hernia ... Un-selected patients ...

Hernia repair Restoring the abdominal wall after tumor removal or if an incisional hernia (a hernia at the site of a surgical cut) develops I commonly help with hernia repair and abdominal wall ...