I had a hernia for years and got it worked on, they put a small patch cover over it. Did work. So for years again I lived with it in pain.
Finally I went to local doc named "Smith" here in Waco, he works on Baylor football players when they get hurt. Well what he did was put a Kevlar sheet under the muscle layer about ten inches wide and 10 inches long, secured it and it is bad to the bone! I highly recommend that, would never waste time or money on those other fixes. Because they are not.
And I had one at my belly button he fixed also.