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Bowel pain
Can hernia mesh cause pain during bowel movents? I have pain in the area of the hernia repair during bowel movements, not all the time but sometimes. I’ve also had a colonoscopy one year ago and one a few weeks ago. During the prep for those I experienced pain in the hernia area. I also have numbness in my outer thigh. I have pain that radiates into my testicle at times, other times it radiates towards my hip. I’ve had appointments with surgeons in my area. They just dismiss my pain and offer no solutions.
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There was no pain before the hernia surgery. Just a bulge. I’ve seen two surgeons so far both have dismissed my symptoms and offered no solutions
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Can you clarify, did you have a laparoscopic mesh or open anterior mesh repair?
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It was an open mesh repair. Bard prefix plug
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Surgeons who practice plug repair swear by it and say it would not cause any issues if done properly. I consulted one such surgeon myself. However, the majority of other surgeons out there seem to discourage it. I saw one presentation where a top surgeon says that patients often feel the 3-dimentionality of the plug, even if they don’t have pain. In more rare cases there are reports about plug migrating and poking into things, since its’ conically shaped with a pointed tip.
I presume the first question would be if you had this kind of pain before surgery, before the mesh is implicated. I have no idea how they go about diagnosing this kind of pain, and it also scares me. I’ve read that plastic meshes do not show up on xrays, so I don’t know what type of scan they can do to check the plug condition and position. How many surgeons have you consulted about it already? I wonder if they are dismissing it because they have no idea also. I also would like to know which doctors out there specialize on post-op hernia repair pain….
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I occasionally will feel a twinge in the groin area if abdominal pressure increases. This is after mesh removal..
You need to find a surgeon that removes mesh, probably at a hernia repair specialization practice. They will have heard similar symptoms and will know the before and after of mesh removal. Medical care is very silo’ed today. Good luck.
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