A MUM was forced to undergo 12-hour surgery to reconstruct her bowels and vagina using pig skin after doctors dismissed her ...

Philippines’ Davao Doctors Hospital held a live surgical teleconference featuring minimally invasive techniques for hernia repair.

A 62-year-old man with a parastomal hernia at the site of a urinary conduit and symptoms of urinary obstruction lasting ...

A hernia during pregnancy occurs when an internal organ or tissue pushes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle, creating a bulge. Common types include umbilical hernias (near the belly ...

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 ...

Following her surgery, Daisy, from Redditch in Worcestershire, now has a stoma - an opening in her stomach where waste can be excreted into a stoma bag. Daisy is under the care of Birmingham ...

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She founded the organization Gutless and Glamorous with the mission of empowering those living with or contemplating ostomy surgery due to illness or injury. She also strives to erase the negative ...

Donnie said his ileostomy micro-surgery left him with a hernia which is pushing down on his stoma bag and damaging his spine. He told the Tele: "I am in constant pain with it, and the stoma bag leaks, ...

An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis ...

When part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through a weakened area of the abdominal wall, it is known as a hernia. There are many different types of hernias, but the most common include inguinal ...

A colostomy is an operation to create an opening (stoma) of the large bowel (colon) onto the surface of the tummy (abdomen). Your poo no longer passes out of your body through your back passage.