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surgeons with <1% recurrence & chronic pain rate?
Dear Dr. Towfigh,
Thanks again for your reply. As a non-medical person, I realize there are large gaps in my knowledge – so eg I had to look up “standard of careâ€. Then I looked up “standard of care†hernia repair, & found I had stepped into a controversial area; so I’ll steer away from that.
As regards the rest, I’d still be inclined to argue that if chronic pain is at least partly mesh-related [opinions differ there also of course as to the degree], there might still be merit in my idea. I’m sure you know that there are claims of good results from [synthetic] absorbable mesh; also of better collagen growth than polypropylene mesh. I guess, as with a lot of things in this area, it may be too early to say for sure.
Thanks again,
Neil