AUSTIN, Texas — More than one million hernia surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. The majority of those surgeries involve plastic mesh. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration ordered ...

Anyone can experience a hernia in their lifetime, whether they are the epitome of health or not. Nearly one in ten is diagnosed with the common medical condition in the UK, and more than 100,000 ...

The U.S. FDA’s draft guidance for package labeling recommendations for hernia mesh products did not draw a large volume of comments, but the Medical Device Manufacturers Association advised the agency ...

William Dalton of Hancock was 73 in December 2013, when doctors first attempted to patch the hernia in his belly. But the mesh curled up and failed, and he was back in June 2014 to get another one.

When an organ, intestine, or fatty tissue is displaced and protrudes through a hole or weak spot in the nearby muscle or connecting tissue, it’s called a hernia. According to the FDA, more than ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Moving is never easy. It's even harder when you're recovering from your ninth surgery. “I wish somebody had told me don't do it, don't do it,” said Carmen Pacheco. “It's put a ...