Hernias

Follow the links below to information on hernias, including hiatus hernias.

Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Hiatus hernia: the 2 main types - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the 2 main types of hiatus hernia: the sliding hiatus hernia and the rolling hiatus hernia.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Hiatus hernia: what you can do - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Here are a few steps toward easing the symptoms or pain of a hiatus hernia.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Hiatus hernia: what is it? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A hiatus hernia, or hiatal hernia, occurs when a part of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Hydrocoeles - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Hydrocoeles are fluid-filled bags occurring in the scrotum.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Hiatus hernia: diagnosis and treatment - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Read all about how hiatus hernias are diagnosed and treated.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Hernias explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A hernia is the protrusion of organs, such as intestines, through a weakened section of the abdominal wall. The most common site is the groin. The only effective treatment is surgical repair. A strangulated hernia can cause nausea, vomiting and severe pain. A hiatus hernia means that a section of oesophagus and stomach protrudes through the hole into the chest cavity.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Shouldice technique versus other open techniques for inguinal hernia repair
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inguinal hernia is a very common disease that mainly affects men in young and middle age and it's reparation is the most frequent operation in general surgery. Hernias present as bulges in the groin area that can become more prominent when coughing, str...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Genital prolapse
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Genital prolapse is when pelvic organs descend from their normal anatomical position into the vagina.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Umbilical care and umbilical hernia
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   An umbilical hernia is very common in children. It appears as a small lump near the umbilicus (navel or belly-button). It usually causes no problems and goes away as the child grows. Caring for the umbilicus and umbilical cord soon after birth.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Birth defects - the abdomen
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Birth defects of the abdomen include diaphragmatic hernia (organs protrude into the chest cavity), exomphalos (organs protrude through the navel) and gastroschisis (organs protrude through the abdominal wall).
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Open surgical procedures for incisional hernias
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   An incisional hernia is a bulge of tissue or an organ through an operation scar in the abdominal wall. Incisional hernias occur in 10 to 23 percent after abdominal operations. This review question the choice of open operative repair technique, somehow c...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Hernia
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of abdominal hiatal hernia by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Antibiotic prophylaxis for hernia repair.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The use of antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hernia repair is currently a controversial issue. Although elective hernia repair is considered a clean procedure, the rate of postoperative wound infection in many countries exceeds the one expected for cl...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   PTFE mesh prevention of gastric hernia
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on PTFE mesh prevention of gastric hernia.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Gastro-oesophageal reflux: what causes it? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   In people with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, the lower oesophageal sphincter does not function properly.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Fetoscopic tracheal occlusion using a detachable balloon (update)
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   ASERNIP-S has performed an updated prioritising summary on fetoscopic tracheal occlusion using a detachable balloon.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Congenital diaphragmatic hernia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a birth defect where there is an abnormal hole in the diaphragm, which allows some of the abdominal organs to protrude into the chest.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: an accelerated systematic review
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   This accelerated systematic review aims to assess the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, in comparison with open ventral hernia repair on the basis of a systemic assessment of the literature.
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Late versus early surgical correction for congenital diaphragmatic hernia in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No clear evidence about when to perform surgery to correct congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a rare but often fatal condition. It occurs when a newborn baby's diaphragm has a defect in it that allows abdominal organs (s...
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Ward reduction without general anaesthesia versus reduction and repair under general anaesthesia for gastroschisis in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ward reduction for newborn infants with gastroschisis is not supported or refuted by evidence from randomised controlled trials. Newborn babies with gastroschisis are born with their gut hanging out of a hole in their belly. If the gut is not put back t...
Date:   Jul 2003
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