hernia
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McVay said Nacua does not have a hernia, and that the team’s training and medical staff did not feel the issue was “any type of long term threat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
Natalie has since had further surgery, including reversal of the stoma and treatment for complications including a hernia and ongoing wound problems.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She called a neighbor, who took him to the hospital for emergency hernia surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Another American,” said the driver in Italian looking at the hernia man.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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