"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Endometriosis typically occurs in the ovaries and fallopian tubes. But it can develop anywhere in the body, including along or within the abdominal wall. Endometriosis, broadly speaking, occurs when ...

The American Academy of Professional Coders has published an article providing coding guidelines for abdominal wall reconstruction. The article, titled Expose the Layers of Abdominal Wall ...

When my son was born via cesarean delivery, commonly referred to as a C-section, I was completely unprepared for what recovery would look like. To be fair, I had kind of ignored this part of my ...

You can get a hernia when one of your internal organs pushes through the wall of muscle or tissue. This often happens when there's a weak spot in the muscle or fascia. Most hernias appear in the area ...