I’m proud to say that I think we have the best office staff of any medical office in our region with a combined experience of over 30 years. From the top down, we try to operate our practice as a team and treat our patients like we would our family. We strive to answer every […]
Hernia Society Guidelines on the Treatment of Inguinal Hernias
In my practice, we strive to follow ‘evidence based medicine’ for our treatment of abdominal wall hernias. What is evidence based medicine, or EBM? EBM uses prior medical research studies to determine whats the best approach to a specific medical disease. This goes for cancers, trauma, medications, and for hernia repairs. In 2009, one of […]
Should I have hernia surgery today Dr. Harris?
One of my over-riding philosophies in surgery is to never, ever: try to talk a patient into surgery trick a patient into thinking something is emergent when it’s not influence their decision in whether (or what type) of surgery to have. That may sound counter-intuitive for a surgeon to say, but the worst thing in […]