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 European territory of France covers 551,500 square kilometres (212,935 sq mi), the largest among European Union members. France's total land area, with its overseas departments and territories (excluding AdÃ©lie Land), is 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi), 0.45% of the total land area on Earth.