• Mesh cancer:

  Posted by dog on April 25, 2019 at 8:52 pm

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23604537

  Mesh cancer: long-term mesh infection leading to squamous-cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall.

  drtowfigh replied 5 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  drtowfigh

  Moderator

  May 3, 2019 at 4:41 am

  Of course the cancer is not because of the mesh. It’s possibly, but we won’t ever know, the cause of chronic infection and irritation, similar to cancers seen at burns sites (called Marjolin’s ulcer).

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  DrBrown

  Member

  May 2, 2019 at 2:47 pm

  Dear Dog.
  One more reason not to use mesh.
  Bill Brown MD

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  DrBrown

  Member

  May 2, 2019 at 2:46 pm

  One more reason not to use mesh unless absolutely necessary.
  Bill Brown MD

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