Whether you are a surgeon, physician, healthcare professional or interested lay-person we hope you will find the answer to your questions here.
We aim to be responsive to your needs, so if you have any particular requests or suggestions please click here to contact us.
Welcome to the website of the British Hernia Society, a professional organisation for surgeons with a particular interest in hernia surgery. This website will also function as an authoritative, unbiased resource for information about hernias and all aspects of hernia surgery. Whether you are a surgeon, physician, healthcare professional or interested lay-person we hope you will find the answer to your questions here. We aim to be responsive to your needs, so if you have any particular requests or suggestions please click here to contact us.
The British Hernia Society was created in 2003 by a group of surgeons with an interest in hernia surgery. The aim was to re-establish British hernia surgery.
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We have some fantastic meetings coming up – the BHS meeting in Manchester in October 2012, the ASGBI hernia sessions in Liverpool in May 2012.
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Operation Hernia is a surgical programme intended to treat and teach inguinal hernia surgery in low and middle income countries. It was initiated in 2005 in Takoradi, Ghana.
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