Plural form: multiple surgical procedures that repair a hernia by restoring the normal structure and function of the affected tissue or organ.
From 'hernio-' (hernia) + 'plasty' (surgical repair), with the plural '-ies.' The component '-plasty' comes from Greek and is used across surgery for reshaping or repairing.
Modern hernia repairs often use mesh implants that were invented relatively recently—the mesh dramatically reduces the chance that the hernia will come back, which happened frequently with older techniques!
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