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Chronic pain risk lower in no-mesh repair or mesh?
No perfect answer to this question
For most, mesh repair is best
For some, nonmesh repair is best
Not all mesh repairs are the same. The risk profiles for pain are technique dependent, mesh-dependent, and patient-dependent.
At this time we don’t know what is the perfect repair for each individual. We can Naif surmise based on population data. Dr Ramshaw is leading the cause to perfect this tailoring.
And yes, there is significant risk for non-mesh repair as well. It just wasn’t reported in the past. And is more obvious in the modern data.