To help treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI), your surgeon may do a procedure called pubovaginal sling surgery. Read on to learn what to expect before, during, and after the surgery.

To help treat stress urinary incontinence, your surgeon may do a procedure called retropubic suspension. This surgery is done through small incisions in the belly. During the surgery, sutures are used to firmly support the pelvic organs and help prevent urine leakage. Below are guidelines to help you get ready for surgery.

Your recovery at home will take some time. You will likely need 6 to 8 weeks to recover fully. The guidelines below will help you heal.

When the surgery is done, you'll go to the PACU (postanesthesia care unit). It is also called the recovery room. You'll stay in the PACU until you're fully awake. This is often a few hours. You'll then go to a regular room. Your hospital stay may last from 1 to 3 days.

Childhood hernias can be safely fixed using outpatient (same-day) surgery.

A groin hernia is when a small sac of intestine or fat pokes through a weak area of muscle into the lower abdomen. The weak area of muscle is formed that way before birth. The sac is formed by tissue that lines the abdomen. This kind of hernia usually happens on one side of the groin. It is felt as a bulge under the skin.

A detailed look at the abdomen and the groin.

Surgery treats a hernia by fixing the weakness in the abdominal wall. Read on to learn details about a traditional repair, including what to expect before, during, and after the surgery.

Read on to learn what to expect before, during, and after hernia surgery with a patch repair.

It's easy for a little bit of the baby's stomach contents to leave the stomach, travel up the esophagus (food pipe), and come out through the mouth. This is called "spitting up," and it's normal. But spitting up is not the same as vomiting, which can sometimes be a sign of a serious problem. This sheet will help you understand the difference.