This is the most common form of hernia and occurs in the groin area. Your chances of getting this type of hernia go up with ...

Inguinal hernias are the most common type of hernia. This hernia is whenever the intestines and the abdominal fat comes out from a hole in the abdominal wall. This type mostly occurs in men.

There are more than 1 million hernia surgeries every year in the U.S. alone. Eight hundred thousand of those are to treat the most common type, an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernias affect all ages ...