A closer look at treating warts, from medicines to removing them using lasers or surgery. Depending on where the warts are located, some treatments may work better than others.

HPV is the virus that causes genital warts. Learning about HPV and its treatments can make you and your partner feel better.

In this surgery, the surgeon puts a sling under the urethra. The sling keeps urine from leaking. The surgery takes about an hour.

Retropubic suspension is a type of surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence. Read on for helpful details about the surgery and what to expect.

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.