• Weight guidelines for no-mesh hernia repair

  Posted by Chaunce123 on January 24, 2017 at 7:29 pm

  Most practitioners of non-mesh hernia repair have strict weight limits for patient eligibility for a tissue repair for groin hernias. Generally speaking, you must not be overweight and you must have a regular BMI. In researching this matter, I came across a surgeon who used to work at Shouldice and now works at Stony Brook in NY, where these weight limits are discussed in a blogpost.

  I do not know if this data is universally applicable or unique to Shouldice or that specific practitioner, but it may be helpful information.

  I hope it’s OK to replicate this data here, it will not paste in a table format but you should be able to see the height and corresponding maximum weight for men and women of different body frame sizes. The source of the data is here if you wish to see it in table format: https://medicine.stonybrookmedicine.edu/surgery/blog/faqs-about-the-shouldice-hernia-repair

  For Men

  Body Frame Size

  Height
  Small
  Medium
  Large
  5’2″
  148 lb
  155 lb
  166 lb
  5’3″
  150 lb
  158 lb
  170 lb
  5’4″
  152 lb
  161 lb
  174 lb
  5’5″
  155 lb
  164 lb
  178 lb
  5’6″
  158 lb
  167 lb
  182 lb
  5’7″
  161 lb
  170 lb
  186 lb
  5’8″
  164 lb
  173 lb
  190 lb
  5’9″
  167 lb
  176 lb
  194 lb
  5’10”
  170 lb
  180 lb
  198 lb
  5’11”
  174 lb
  184 lb
  202 lb
  6’0″
  178 lb
  188 lb
  207 lb
  6’1″
  182 lb
  192 lb
  212 lb
  6’2″
  186 lb
  197 lb
  217 lb
  6’3″
  190 lb
  201 lb
  221 lb
  6’4″
  194 lb
  205 lb
  225 lb
  6’5″
  198 lb
  209 lb
  229 lb
  6’6″
  204 lb
  221 lb
  233 lb
  6’7″
  208 lb
  225 lb
  237 lb

  For Women

  Body Frame Size
  Height
  Small
  Medium
  Large
  4’10”
  125 lb
  136 lb
  147 lb
  4’11”
  128 lb
  139 lb
  150 lb
  5’0″
  131 lb
  142 lb
  153 lb
  5’1″
  134 lb
  145 lb
  157 lb
  5’2″
  137 lb
  148 lb
  161 lb
  5’3″
  140 lb
  151 lb
  165 lb
  5’4″
  143 lb
  154 lb
  169 lb
  5’5″
  146 lb
  157 lb
  173 lb
  5’6″
  149 lb
  160 lb
  177 lb
  5’7″
  152 lb
  163 lb
  180 lb
  5’8″
  155 lb
  166 lb
  183 lb
  5’9″
  158 lb
  169 lb
  186 lb
  5’10”
  161 lb
  172 lb
  189 lb

  This information might be helpful to future patients seeking a non-mesh repair, whether from Shouldice or elsewhere.

  drtowfigh replied 7 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

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  drtowfigh

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  February 6, 2017 at 4:05 am

  Weight guidelines for no-mesh hernia repair

  this is generally true.
  thanks for sharing

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