Surgery is almost always certain for hernia repairs

The email said that he was going into the hospital for surgery. That’s always a scary news bulletin, especially since it was from my brother who lives in England. Not an easy journey for me to rush to his side, but fortunately, he followed with “for a small hernia.”

Well, of course, that sent me to the website to find out exactly what was going on right after I replied a thank you for this week’s column subject!

Roughly 10 percent of the population of this country will have an abdominal hernia in their lifetime. It may occur in infants, children or adults, and although both genders are susceptible, it happens to males more often than females.

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