Heavy lifting can raise your risk of hernia, but that's not the only thing. Here are the surprising causes of hernias doctors ...

A whole lot of stuff is crammed into our bodies, so hernias can occur in all sorts of places. Intestine can poke through the abdominal wall near your groin – an inguinal hernia (the most common type).

The FDA clearance enables clinicians to use the MARS system's Dynamic Magnetic Positioning™ technology to retract the liver and enhance visibility and access during hiatal hernia repairs.

This study demonstrates that patients with both large and small hiatal hernias showed improvement in GERD-HRQL scores for the longest follow-up duration of up to 4 years after the procedure.

The study entitled, "A safety and effectiveness evaluation of RefluxStop in the treatment of acid reflux comparing large and small hiatal hernia groups: Results from 99 patients in Switzerland ...

Large hiatal hernia is very common and a well-known predictor of treatment failure after traditional anti-reflux surgery 1 and RefluxStop™ seems to serve this difficult-to-treat population very ...

So, the treatment for a symptomatic hiatal hernia is also the treatment for acid reflux. Your gastroenterologist found inflammation, so he gave you a course of antacid treatment that was long ...

A hiatal hernia is a weakness in the hiatus where the esophagus passes through, allowing the stomach (and sometimes other contents of the abdomen) to pass into the chest cavity.

Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some ...