BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced a significant ...

BD (NYSE: BDX) today announced the first Phasix hernia mesh laparotomy reinforcement case performed in Greece.

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A hernia occurs when an organ or part of it protrudes through a gap in the muscle wall. Its name originates from the Latin "hernia," meaning "bulge," and the Greek "rupture." While many people with ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Moving is never easy. It's even harder when you're recovering from your ninth surgery. “I wish somebody had told me don't do it, don't do it,” said Carmen Pacheco. “It's put a ...

Although mesh repair had a small reduction in recurrence rates compared with suture repairs for primary ventral hernias, risks for seroma and surgical site infection (SSI) increased, according to a ...

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Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — More than one million hernia surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. The majority of those surgeries involve plastic mesh. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration ordered ...

William Dalton of Hancock was 73 in December 2013, when doctors first attempted to patch the hernia in his belly. But the mesh curled up and failed, and he was back in June 2014 to get another one.