ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailHomeSurgeryOurServicesGeneralSurgeryConditionsWeTreatHerniasSurgeryVentralHerniasGeneralSurgeryBariatricSurgeryEmergencySurgeryConditionsWeTreatCarcinoidandNeuroendocrineTumorsEsophagusandStomachDisordersAchalasiaGastroesophagealRefluxDisease(GERD)GallbladderGastrointestinalandColonandRectalConditionsHerniasFemoralHerniasIncisionalHerniasInguinalHerniasParaesophagealHiatalHerniasUmbilicalHerniasVentralHerniasSpleen,Adrenal,andPancreaticDisordersMeetOurTeamOurLocationsIfyou’restrugglingwiththemanypossiblesymptomsofventralhernias—fromsharppaintovomiting—youunderstandtheimportanceoffindingprompt,effectivetreatment.MountSinai’shighlyskilledsurgeonshaveextensiveexperiencewithproceduresthatwillproviderelief,includinglaparoscopicventralherniarepair.AboutVentralHerniasAventralherniaoccurswhenaweakspotintheabdomenenablesabdominaltissueoranorgan(suchasanintestine)toprotrudethroughacavitymusclearea.Theseherniasarevisiblyidentifiedbyabulgeinthebellyarea.Themostcommonlocationsforventralherniasarethesiteofapreviousabdominalprocedure(an incisionalhernia,thenavel(an umbilicalhernia,andthegroin(an inguinalhernia).Ventralherniascanappearasacongenitaldefectatbirth,ordevelopoveraperiodoftimeresultingfromfactorssuchaspregnancy,abdominalsurgery,orlong-termstressontheabdominalmuscles.Ventralherniascannothealontheirown.Mostcommonly,ventralherniasaresurgicallyrepairedinordertoavoidtheriskoftheintestinebecomingstrangulated(cutofffromthebody’sbloodsupply).Strangulationisconsideredamedicalemergency.Aventralhernia’ssymptomsaredeterminedbyitslocationintheabdomenandcanincludesharppainthatmaybepresentduringphysicalactivity,vomiting(inthecaseofincisionalhernias),andconstipation.Ventralherniasaretypicallydiagnosedbycheckingtheabdomenforanoticeablebulge.SomephysiciansmayconductCTscans,ultrasound,bloodtests,orurinalysisinadditiontothephysicalexamination.TreatmentsforVentralHerniasIfanorganisstuckinthehernialcavity,orifanorganisatriskforbecomingstuck,surgerywilltypicall