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Mesh-free hernia repair offers patients a new option at Northwestern Medicine
June 24, 2026
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 24 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news:

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Mesh-free hernia repair offers patients a new option at Northwestern Medicine

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Conover's search for a team skilled in the Shouldice technique initially led him to a physician in Florida, but that physician in turn referred him to Dr. Melland-Smith at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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