Reply To: Recurrance rates….is there any clarity?

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Apropos your comment about open mesh on another thread (27 good cases you know, etc.) I happened to have coffee with an old colleague and friend of mine yesterday, and I mentioned my hernia surgery. He then told me that he had an open mesh surgery 20 years ago for an inguinal hernia, and he still gets occasional pain. He said it’s rare, but he still gets it from time to time.

He never told me about this pain before, even though I’ve known him for almost 20 years now. He did tell me about the surgery at some point, but not the pain. People really don’t like talking about these issues, and it may only come out in a conversation where you share your own experience, or probe a bit more.