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 United States is the fourth biggest country in the world by land area. 1  Only Russia, Canada and China are bigger. The U.S's geography varies a lot and includes: 2  forests and grass fields on the east coast. 3  the Appalachian Mountains in the east. 4  the Great Plains in the middle of the country.