Purse-string skin closure for stoma reversal: evidence of practice-changing benefits
In this blog for colorectal surgeons and health professionals involved in stoma reversals, Dr Stina Öberg, Dr Siv Fonnes, and Professor Jacob Rosenberg from the Cochrane Colorectal Group discussnew practice-changing Cochrane evidence, showing that a simple change of suture technique likely results in a large reduction in surgical site infections in people undergoing stoma reversal.Take-home pointsThe stoma closure site can be considered a clean-contaminated wound, and many patients develop a surgical site infection after having a temporary ileostomy or colostomy reversed.Surgeons often use linear skin closure after stoma ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
One in five people on NHS waiting lists plan to travel this year - without insurance
Patients with cancer or hernias are the most likely to go abroad without the correct cover, according to research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for a parastomal hernia
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is the typical treatment? ANSWER: Occasionally, the surgical treatment of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and other gastrointestinal, gynecologic, or urologic conditions, both cancerous or benign, may require reconstruction or removal of the bladder, colon, or rectum. Surgeons may use other… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 7, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients
More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on social media showing shoddy techniques. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas Tags: your-feed-science Hernias Surgery and Surgeons Hospitals Social Media your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
AAP Issues Guidance on Inguinal Hernias AAP Issues Guidance on Inguinal Hernias
Controversies remain in treating inguinal hernias in children and the American Academy of Pediatrics is addressing them with a clinical report.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Best Practices ID'd for Management of Pediatric Inguinal Hernias
MONDAY, June 26, 2023 -- Issues related to the assessment and management of inguinal hernias in children are discussed in a clinical report published online June 26 in Pediatrics.
Faraz A. Khan, M.D., from Loma Linda University Children ' s Hospital... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 26, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
SUNDAY, Jan. 15, 2023 -- Moving a heavy object or even coughing can result in a medical condition known as a hernia.
While it ’s common, many people don’t know what a hernia is, according to an expert at Penn State Health, who offered details on... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
What is Diastasis Recti Abdominis?
Discussion
Ventral wall hernias are common. They can be congenital or acquired and it is estimated that approximately 25% of people will have one at some point in their life. True hernias have a fascial defect and therefore contents can protrude through and potentially become incarcerated and/or strangulated.
Common ones include:
Epigastric occurs between the sternum and umbilicus. It can appear midline or slightly off-center. In children they can spontaneously resole.
Umbilical occurs around the umbilical structures. These again often spontaneously resolve.
Spigelian occurs in anterior abdominal wall adjacent to the semi...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 12, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Man, 39, died days after appointment for hernia - turns out he had advanced stomach cancer
Hernias may be a "consequence" of cancer damaging the tissues in your abdomen. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Traumatic abdominal wall hernias in the pediatric population: a 13-year institutional review - VanNess G, Wanner MR, Chong ST, Steenburg SD.
BACKGROUND: Pediatric traumatic abdominal wall hernias are rare but potentially devastating injuries. Although classically considered to be caused by handlebar injuries from bicycle accidents, our anecdotal experience suggests pediatric traumatic abdominal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
SATURDAY, Aug. 27, 2022 -- Could you be at risk for a hernia?
One expert gives the lowdown on hernias, who is most at risk for them, and how they are typically treated.
Dr. Harvey Rainville, a general surgeon at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
How to Return to Normal After Having Your Bladder Surgically Removed
When Jodi Byfuglin, 56, was diagnosed with bladder cancer, it felt like cruel irony. Byfuglin had lost both her parents to cancer in their 50s, and as a single mother of two, she was all her kids had left. “I promised that I would not leave them,” Byfuglin says.
Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United States, and older men are at highest risk. But about one-tenth of cases are in people younger than 55, and an estimated 19,480 women will be diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2022 (compared to about 61,700 men), according to the American Cancer Society. “I had no idea about bladder cancer...
Source: TIME: Health - July 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simar Bajaj Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Kym Marsh health: Star on her 'horrendous' recovery after hernia 'complications'
WITH hints that Kym Marsh may return to Coronation Street as Michelle Connor after leaving in 2019, fans are keeping a beady eye on what the actress does next. Before rumours surrounding her return to the fictional Street started, Marsh hit headlines after facing "complications" after surgery on her two hernias. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High-Deductible Health Plans Associated With Delayed Hernia Repair High-Deductible Health Plans Associated With Delayed Hernia Repair
People enrolled in individual high-deductible health plans may delay elective and simple repair of groin and abdominal wall hernias, resulting in more complex cases at presentation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - April 20, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears
Everyone experiences digestive problems now and then, and they’re nobody’s idea of a good time. In a survey of nearly 72,000 adults in the U.S., 61% reported having had at least one gastrointestinal (GI) symptom over the previous week, and within that group, 58% said they’d had two or more GI symptoms over the past week, according to a study in a 2018 issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Because symptoms like constipation, heartburn, and abdominal pain are generally vague and often don’t have an obvious cause, those suffering tend to fear the worst.
“People get very concerned abo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
