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Thought I would post a 6 month update/success story. Mid 50s slightly overweight male. I had Laparoscopic TEP surgery for a medium sized left inguinal hernia on 9 April. Surgeon used Parietex (Covidien) folding mesh and that it was about 4″ x 6″ in size. This is a polyester based mesh with a removable suture to enable ease of folding/insertion during laparoscopic surgery. Near term recovery was uneventful with minimal pain after about 5 days.
Thus far I have zero issues although from reading all the posts it looks like problems can still crop up years later. I am fairly active ( elliptical, jogging, home repair etc) but I have been ultra conservative on heavy lifting and fast motion sports (ie basketball, tennis). I suppose at 6 months I could be less conservative but in reading all the posts on this forum it appears that these are the most common activity based re-occurrence issues.