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Expert Hernia Care

Providing top surgeons for exceptional hernia treatment.

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Complex Hernia Solutions

Specialized care for intricate hernia cases.

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The Hernias Centre is designed for Professor Fahed Youssef, a Consultant Surgeon, to provide all relevant information needed when considering hernia surgery.
Mr Youssef is a Consultant Surgeon with over 35 years of experience in hernia surgery.

Mr Youssef has been working in Ipswich Hospital and Ipswich Nuffield for the past seven years, providing surgical treatments for various types of hernias.

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Expert Hernia Care

Providing top surgeons for exceptional hernia treatment in Ipswich's Nuffield Private Hospital.

Complex Hernia Cases

Specializing in complex hernia cases that other hospitals may not accept or treat effectively.

Personalized Treatment Plans

Tailored treatment plans designed to meet individual patient needs for optimal recovery and care.

Our dedicated team ensures the highest standards of care for all hernia patients at our clinic.

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A close-up view of a person's abdomen with a prominent vertical scar. The skin appears slightly red and there is a towel partially covering the upper area while a hand rests on it.
A close-up view of a person's abdomen with a prominent vertical scar. The skin appears slightly red and there is a towel partially covering the upper area while a hand rests on it.
Medical professionals wearing surgical attire perform an operation in a dimly lit operating room. The focus is on the procedure, with surgical instruments and materials nearby.
Medical professionals wearing surgical attire perform an operation in a dimly lit operating room. The focus is on the procedure, with surgical instruments and materials nearby.
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The surgeons at Hernias Centre provided exceptional care and resolved my complex hernia issue effectively.

John D.

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Two surgeons wearing blue surgical gowns and caps perform an operation under bright surgical lights. Medical equipment and monitors surround them in a sterile operating room environment.

I highly recommend Hernias Centre for their expertise and compassionate approach to hernia treatment.

Sarah M.

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Location Details

Visit Hernias Centre in Ipswich for expert surgical care and treatment of hernias, including complex cases that require specialized attention.

Ipswich

Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital.

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9 AM - 5 PM

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Expert surgeons providing personalized hernia treatment options.

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Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used. However, with long-term follow-up, the benefits attributable to mesh were offset in part by mesh-related complications, according to a study published online by JAMA. The study is being released to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2016.

Elective incisional hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed general surgical operations. In the United States alone, about 190,000 inpatient abdominal wall hernia repairs were performed in 2012. Prosthetic mesh is frequently used to reinforce the repair; it'susede in at least half of the abdominal wall hernia repairs performed in the United States. The benefits of mesh for reducing the risk of hernia recurrence or the long-term risks of mesh-related complications are not known.

Dunja Kokotovic, M.B., and Frederik Helgstrand, M.D., D.M.Sc., of Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark, and Thue Bisgaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., of Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark, conducted a study that included 3,242 patients with elective incisional hernia repairs in Denmark from January 2007 to December 2010. The researchers compared outcomes for hernia repair using mesh performed by either open or laparoscopic techniques vs open repair without the use of mesh.

Among the patients (average age, 59 years; 53 percent women), 1,119 underwent open mesh repair (35 percent), 366 had open nonmesh repair (11 percent), and 1,757 had laparoscopic mesh repair (54 percent). The median follow-up after open mesh repair was 59 months; after nonmesh open repair, 62 months; and after laparoscopic mesh repair, was 61 months. The researchers found that the risk of the need for repair for recurrent hernia following these initial hernia operations was lower for patients with open mesh repair (12 percent; risk difference, -4.8 percent) and for patients with laparoscopic mesh repair (10.6 percent; risk difference, -6.5 percent) compared with nonmesh repair (17.1 percent).

For the entirety of the follow-up duration, there were a progressively increasing number of mesh-related complications (such as bowel obstruction, bowel perforation, bleeding, late abscess) for both open and laparoscopic procedures. At 5 years of follow-up, the cumulative incidence of mesh-related complications was 5.6 percent for patients who underwent open mesh hernia repair and 3.7 percent for patients who underwent laparoscopic mesh repair. The long-term repair-related complication rate for patients with an initial nonmesh repair was 0.8 percent (open nonmesh repair vs open mesh repair: risk difference, 5.3 percent; open nonmesh repair vs laparoscopic mesh repair: risk difference, 3.4 percent).