Reply To: New Book about Foregut Surgery with Inguinal Hernia Chapter

[William Bryant]

Thanks Pinto for summarising and, in language, I can understand!!!

And to Good Intentions for the find.

I have read before that existing chronic pain seems to or can influence post operative chronic pain. However, I’ve read quite a few articles about hernia mesh injured who say the hernia didn’t even trouble them that much prior. So it can’t be the sole cause and can’t mean you cannot get chronic pain if your hernia is largely asymptomatic at time of surgery.

Which is a shame but perhaps those that say don’t leave a hernia could be on to something. Although being a bit of a non risk taker, I’ve left mine at the moment, it will be 2 years soon since I noticed it.