A surgical procedure that repairs a hernia by stitching or suturing together the edges of the weakened tissue or opening.
From Greek 'hernio-' (hernia) + 'rhaphy' (stitching or suturing, from 'rhaphe' meaning seam). This older term emphasizes the stitching technique that was the primary repair method before modern mesh technology.
Herniorrhaphy is the OG hernia fix—surgeons used only stitches for centuries, and recurrence rates were surprisingly high (20-30%), which is why the invention of synthetic mesh in the 1950s was revolutionary!
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