I asked my dentist, who had just had hernia surgery.

Brown underwent hernia surgery during the off-season a few weeks following the draft.

Root had been dealing with ill health for some years before he died, after complications from hernia surgery.

In January 2011, he was ruled out until the end of the season after undergoing hernia surgery.

McDowell was hit often and hard earlier in the season, after he rushed back from hernia surgery.

Convey is recovering from hernia surgery and will also miss the game.

He missed the G-7 summit this year while recovering from hernia surgery.

His sports hernia surgery prevented him from playing in the remainder of the 2009-10 season.

In 1937, Worters needed hernia surgery and retired following the season.

Ms. Black said the hernia surgery had been on July 1.