The world’s FIRST, most comprehensive and most authoritative web site on         HERNIA

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THE BRITISH HERNIA CENTRE
   


Anybody can get a hernia.

One-in-ten of us will get one

in his - or her - lifetime.



Millions of hernia operations are performed each year, making hernia the most common of all surgical operations. Well over 100,000 in the UK alone!


This web site, written primarily for patients and their families will tell you everything you want to know about hernia.


Hernia affects men and women, boys and girls and many babies are born with them.


In adults, the ONLY treatment for a hernia is surgical and there are several different approaches. We endeavour to cover all the major ones in this website.


The British Hernia Centre is the first and only specialist hernia centre spanning over twenty years in the UK (and beyond) and has unparalleled experience in tens of thousands of cases


This site will answer all likely questions but we are also delighted to answer any other questions you may have.

 

SITE MAP & INDEX


  1. •HOME PAGE


  1. •WHO WE ARE


  1. •TYPES of HERNIA:

  2. •General Explanation

  3. •Inguinal

  4. •Femoral

  5. •Umbilical

  6. •Recurrent Hernias

  7. •Incisional Hernias

  8. •Paediatric (children's) hernias

  9. •Sports Hernias


OTHER HERNIAS

  1. •Strangulated hernia

  2. •Hernia in pregnancy

  3. •Stoma hernia

  4. •Hiatus hernia


  1. •DIAGNOSIS of HERNIA -

  2. •Do I have a hernia ?


TREATMENT of HERNIA

  1. •Is NO treatment an option ?

  2. •Methods of repair:

  3. •Keyhole Surgery

  4. •Open Mesh (Preferred)

  5. •Compare techniques

  6. •Who Is Suited to This Repair?


  1. •THE BRITISH HERNIA CENTRE

  2. •Value of specialisation

  3. •Why come to us

  4. •Recovery

  5. •Some Case Histories

  6. •Patients’ Blog/Forum (NEW!)


  1. •ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS


  1. •A Word About MRSA

  2. •FAQs


  1. •CONTACT US