There are 2 surgical approaches in hernia repair surgery: the open and the laparoscopic one. An approach is called open, when the surgeon makes a single incision near the location of the hernia, dissects the surrounding tissues and repairs the hernia under direct vision.
In general, we call the largest areas of land on earth the continents of the earth.
There are seven continents with varying land area. Here is the list  from the largest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America,  Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.