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Dear Members Welcome to our new website which has been re-designed to provide a more refined as well as modern look with improved site navigation.Through our new website the BHS will continue to provide the latest information on hernia care both for our members and particularly patients. If you have a hernia related issue, we
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December 2018 The British Hernia Society goes from strength to strength. Our biennial general meeting took place in the Assembly Rooms, in Edinburgh this year, organised by immediate past president Mr Andrew de Beaux and Mr Duncan Light. Attendance at the meeting was excellent with 300 people in attendance, and feedback was also excellent particularly
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2020. This meeting has been organised by Brian Stephenson our treasurer, and David Sanders our research secretary, aided and abetted by Vicky Grant The conference will address groin pain following hernia repair, a session on primary ventral hernias, a BHS quiz, training prizes and presentations, a session on incisional hernias and outcomes from hernia repair and we will also hear from our research grant recipients as to their progress. We look forward to seeing you all at the meeting and encourage you to spread the word amongst your trainees and colleagues. We have kept the conference fee as low as we can to encourage you all to attend. We rely heavily on our generous industry partners so as to keep our costs low.
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I would like to update everyone on the latest news on behalf of the British Hernia Society. As a society, it is important for me to express our gratitude to all of you in health care with the immense work and sacrifices that are being made to continue to provide expert care for patients especially
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The British Hernia Society will now be running its 11th Conference virtually on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd November 2020. The theme of the conference is ‘Improving our patients’ outcomes after hernia surgery’. The programme features a wide range of topics up for discussion and includes specialists from Europe and the Lichtenstein Hernia Centre in the
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The British Hernia Society is delighted to partner with the RCS Edinburgh Surgical Specialty Board in General Surgery in our first ‘Hernia Masterclass Webinar Series’ focussing on the state-of-the-art management of hernias. This series has been carefully designed to take the participants through essential aspects of hernia management covering anatomy, surgical strategies, operative techniques and
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Dear BHS member, Some of you will have seen or heard about a news story released in the early hours of Monday 26 June on the BBC website, www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40132638, relating to hernia repair with mesh. I believe this news-piece contains factual inaccuracies and implies that mesh is the cause of all patient’s problems post mesh
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Groin hernia and you What is a groin hernia What causes groin hernia What are the symptoms How are groin hernias diagnosed Does my groin hernia need to be treated? What does surgery involve? Which operation should I have? When will I go home? What are the risks of surgery? How do I prepare for
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