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.
The largest sub-region in terms of land area is the North Asia region, containing the People's Republic of China with almost 933 million ha. The diverse Oceania-S. Pacific region is the second largest, with over 835 million ha. and dominated by Australia.