(Reuters Health) – - Many men experience sexual dysfunction or pain during sexual activity after groin surgery to repair a hernia, a research review suggests. The authors analyzed data from 12 ...

Does herniorrhaphy impair male fertility? In a paper recently published in Annals of Surgery, [1] the authors studied fertility outcomes in 32,621 Danish male inguinal hernia patients operated with ...

Does herniorrhaphy with insertion of mesh have any effect on infertility rates? In this study from Sweden that was based on a hernia registry, the investigators looked at the frequency of infertility ...

Incisional hernia repairs among men age 65 years and older rose 24.2 percent in the United States from 2001 to 2010, according to a study. "The rising rates of emergent incisional hernia repair are ...

Most people experience a hernia as a bump under the skin. They occur when an internal organ, most often the small intestine, ...

An age-related increase in estrogen may be the culprit behind inguinal hernias, a condition common among elderly men that often requires corrective surgery, according to a Northwestern Medicine study ...

A new Australian study reveals who is most at risk of having hernia repair surgery, one of the most common medical conditions and surgical operations performed in hospitals worldwide. Half of the ...

Mario Spacagna is eternally grateful for the surgery that removed his kidney tumour. But he fears he will pay the physical costs of his survival for the rest of his life as a result of a secondary ...

Many men experience sexual dysfunction or pain during sexual activity after groin surgery to repair a hernia, a research review suggests. The authors analysed data from 12 previous studies with a ...

Increased estrogen level in mice weakens abdominal wall to cause hernia Inguinal hernia repair is most common surgery in men As men age, larger amount of testosterone is converted to estrogen. CHICAGO ...

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