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Thanks for the info!
I can add that I know for a fact that a professional football player for the AC Lazio squad (in Italy) was operated with a mesh for an inguinal hernia some years ago; I can’t recall how long he was sidelined but I have a feeling that given the particular strain footballers sustain in the inguinal area (they are subject a lot…[Read more]

Thanks for the link!
I am wondering on how long it will take for this to be “common practice”….is it something that will become mainstream in the years to come, together with the Robotic approach?

My mistake, he’s actually playing tonight. I’d edit the original post but the forum software does not allow it. He played last week also.

If anyone has any details on what he had wrong and how they fixed it, it might offer at least one known good way to fix a hernia for a physically active person. A place to go, at least.

The round ligament originates at the uterine horns (the points at which the fallopian tubes enter the uterus), and attaches to the labia majora, passing through the inguinal canal. The genital branch of genitofemoral nerve also transverses along with it.

It serves a purpose and it’s not irrelevant and justifies being cut because it’s deemed the…[Read more]

@drtowfigh First, I want to say how much I appreciate the work you have done to create and run this forum. Having a place to discuss these issues is important for everybody.

One thing that I would like your thoughts on is the following: do you think there is a disconnect between what studies say about chronic pain and what patients are…[Read more]

As you know, nothing is perfect in medicine. The complications of tissue repair would involve neurectomy, pain management, and probably need for mesh repair in a revisional operation. My point is that it is not a benign pain-free perfect repair. There is a reason why we moved to mesh—-because the results from tissue repair were not good. I h…[Read more]