Dr. Michael Gonzalez Ramos, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, affirms the risks of robotic surgery are the same as with open or traditional surgery: infection, bleeding, hematoma or any recurrence. Mesh is a synthetic material used for reinforcing the repair. There are other tapes of mesh, which are biological and they’re made from…...

Dr. Michael Renfrow, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says the classic approach of hernia surgery was an open approach, but now it is done by making an incision over the hernia, going down finding the hole, and closing it with stitches. "They began with laparoscopic procedures in the 1990s and with three or…...

The most common symptoms of hernias are pain and discomfort. They can be excessively aided by physical activity or by heavy lifting. Dr. Michael Gonzalez Ramos, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says when patients go into the ER, they come in with unbearable pain, very sick or with intestinal obstructions, depending on the…...

Dr. Anthony Gonzalez, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at South Miami Hospital, explains hiatal hernia is a hernia that occurs in the chest; it is in the stomach that moves up into your chest. He also says a hiatal hernia has symptoms such as reflux, strangulation, and difficulty eating...

Dr. Anthony Gonzalez, Medical Director of Bariatric Surgery at South Miami Hospital, explains incarcerated hernia is when the lump does not go away. "You lay down and wake up in the morning and the lump is still there. Whatever is protruding out is stuck in the hole." He also says it is dangerous, because what…...

Dr. Michael Renfrow, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains a hernia is a hole in the abdominal wall. "The abdominal wall is divided into four layers, the fourth and the deepest layer is called fashion, and it is the strength of the abdominal wall, it keeps all your intestines inside. A hernia…...

There are six types of hernia. Do you know all of them? Dr. Jerrold Young, General Surgeon with Hernia Institute of Florida, helps us to differentiate between epigastric, umbilical, incisional, lateral, inguinal, and femoral hernia. Now I know dr. young a lot of this has to do as well as to what kind of…...

Dr. Michael Gonzalez Ramos, General Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains with a graphic how a hiatal hernia is caused and how it looks like. He explains this type of hernia is more complicated because it can’t usually be seen on the outside. It occurs in the diaphragm. Hiatal hernia is very painful, patients…...