How to take the pressure off your abdominal hernia

Tahir Khan, consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Mater Private Hospital in Cork, explains abdominal hernia, its causes, surgical management, and aftercare.

AN abdominal hernia is the protrusion of tissue from its normal space through the abdominal wall.

In the abdomen, a hernia usually involves a piece of bowel or the omentum, which is a layer of fatty tissue that covers and supports the intestines and organs in the lower abdomen.