DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend had a stoma created after years of managing Crohn's disease. She recently had surgery to repair a hernia. What is a stoma, and are these types of hernias common? What is ...

It was with great interest that I read the article titled “Video-assisted preperitoneal repair of para- ­stomal hernia” published in Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques [1]. Since I am ...

Occurrence of parastomal hernia depends on the type of loop or terminal colostomy and is estimated at 0-38% and 4-78%, respectively. Most of them appear within 2 years from surgery [1, 2]. With regard ...

2.1 Stomas are created surgically to divert the contents of the urinary or digestive tract through an opening in the abdominal wall. A parastomal hernia allows protrusion of abdominal contents through ...

An unusual bulge in the lower abdomen can cause severe pain and embarrassment, but doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on a mission to educate and treat patients one hernia at a ...

Heidi Cresswell had always been superfit. A keen snowboarder and cyclist, she could rarely be found sitting still. So when the 38-year-old discovered a lump in her abdomen she just assumed it was a ...

There is not much good evidence about how well this procedure works or how safe it is for preventing a parastomal hernia. This procedure can be used but only when patients are having regular checks to ...