Healthy children who have a hernia repair have few risks.

Adults and children who have a hernia repair are at risk for:

This is another method for hernia repair in adults.

Laparoscopic hernia repair usually is not done on children.

They stress the need for more studies on laparoscopic safety and effectiveness in hernia repair.

Open hernia repair can be done under general, spinal, or local anesthesia.

It can be of clinical significance in hernia repair.

Mr Brown took longer than is usual to recover from his hernia repair.

"They look at this, and all they see is hernia repair."

This technique has a lower recurrence and complication rate than traditional hernia repair.