The American College of Surgeons describes a hernia as a condition that occurs when internal tissue bulges through muscular openings. Among the options for treating a hernia is surgery.

How much pain you experience after hernia surgery will depend on the type of surgery you have had. According to the Cleveland Clinic, complex or recurrent hernias may take more extensive surgery to fix, thus making your recovery time longer and more painful.

A hernia is a defect in the musculature of the abdomen, a weakness or an actual opening, that can lead to a protrusion of the underlying abdominal wall. Severe cases can be seen and felt on the lower abdomen.

A hernia may require surgical treatment in certain patients. The two major types of hernia surgery include laparoscopic hernia repair, a minimally invasive procedure, and open hernia repair.

The development of implantable fabric meshes revolutionized hernia surgery. Your surgeon can choose to repair your hernia by pulling together your natural tissues or by using mesh to bridge the abnormal opening without creating any tension.

A hernia is the protrusion of a body part through an abnormal opening, and curing it requires surgery to reposition the part and close the opening. There are 2 major goals in recovery from surgery: returning to normal activity and reducing the chance the hernia will return.

Over half a million people in the United States undergo hernia repair surgery each year, according to 2008 information from Newport Laparoscopy.

A hernia is a protrusion of an organ or soft tissue of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. The types of abdominal hernias include direct inguinal, indirect inguinal, femoral, umbilical, incisional, diaphragmatic, hiatal, Richter's, and Spigelian.

A hernia occurs when the outer wall of the abdomen or groin allows the inner intestines to protrude through an opening, forming a bulge or sac. The most common type of hernia is the inguinal or groin hernia, most often found in males and often a birth defect.