Hernia

  • Vanderbilt University

    Collaborative’s data help improve hernia surgeries

    There have long been more questions than answers when it comes to abdominal hernia repair surgeries, but now, thanks to a database full of information supplied by both surgeons and patients, those answers are coming to light and driving nationwide improvements. Read More

    Feb 15, 2018

  • Vanderbilt University

    Grant bolsters inguinal hernia repair research

    Martin Blakely, M.D., M.S., has been awarded a $3 million federal grant for a multi-center, multi-disciplinary study to examine the safety outcomes of early versus later inguinal hernia repair for premature infants. Read More

    Nov 13, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    New collaborative to gather hernia surgery outcomes data

    Each year, more than 350,000 people in the United States undergo surgery to treat painful ventral abdominal hernias, a condition that affects up to 30 percent of patients who have had any kind of abdominal surgery. Read More

    Feb 14, 2013