In a recently published guide, the US Food and Drug Administration lays out the benefits and risks of surgical mesh, an implantable device used to provide additional support to weakened or damaged tissue due to a hernia.
The most common types of hernias, according to the FDA, are inguinal (groin), femoral (upper thigh/outer groin), incisional (scar or incision in the abdomen), ventral (general abdomen), umbilical (belly button),...