hernia
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He had hernia surgery in July and spent six weeks recovering and still believes he should be able to contribute on the field as a freshman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
She called a neighbor, who took him to the hospital for emergency hernia surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
In March 2024, he underwent hernia surgery, before having the operation on his enlarged prostate in December of the same year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"They don't know how to look after the hernia, protect it, potentially stop it from getting bigger - so we all meet online and share our advice."
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The smell of things burning that aren’t meant to burn wafts across the city: shoe polish, rat poison, toothpaste, piano strings, hernia trusses, baby cribs, Indian clubs.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Minute herniae at these openings are sometimes present.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
McLarnon said it is an issue that has affected men as well, with mesh implants for hernias.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Eisenberger, who is married with two children, had a pair of hernias and put off surgery as long as he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández struggled for two seasons before Dr. William Meyers discovered he suffered from not one but two sports hernias.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Doctors not linked to the pope’s care said hernias were a known complication after previous operations and typically only become problematic when patients develop a bulge in their abdomen and experience significant pain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
In such a masculine household, Tessie had begun to feel like the odd woman out and saw herself in ten years’ time imprisoned in a world of hubcaps and hernias.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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