Great talk radio regarding the topic of mesh

[Jnomesh]

Well summarized pinto. From these talking points some common sense possible policies can be undertaken. A national registry seems to be one of the first steps to make sense although the talk does point out that it is questionable whether surgeons would report these complaints but making it easy for the patient to do so (in a APP) would be a great step regardless.
one other thing I’d add to your takeaways is the mention by dr. Garvey that he is also seeing more and more people who have autoimmune disorders that he believes is a cause and effect from their mesh I implantation, whether it’s a worsening of pre-existing conditions or completely new issues.
We as a country have become so conscious of plastic and the harm it can do right down to not using it for the bottles we use to feed babies but yet we Implant it permanently into people to repair hernias-without a blink of the eye.
Seems at the very least before implanting polypropylene mesh into patients there should he a questionnaire filled out by patients regarding any autoimmune disorders that may have for candidacy (along with a host of other proposals )
A test to see if people- no matter how rare-are allergic to plastic would be a no brained too.
Imagine being allergic to plastic and being implanted with a permanent piece of plastic inside you. Insane-but happening.

[pinto]

Indeed great as in a short time it interconnects a suffering patient, mesh and non-mesh doctors, and a researcher of medical device use. First, notably, this is in Australia, showing the hernia mesh backlash is not limited to the U.S.

2: The patient is so debilitated that he must use a wheelchair and reports that according to the many specialists seen, he cannot be helped. Moreover, he reports that the original surgeon gave him a completely rosy picture without mention of the risks. (I received the same from the two, albeit general surgeons doing IH surgeries, I met with recently.) 3 The doctors agree that something is amiss with mesh. 4 The non-mesh doctor reports that mesh and non-mesh recurrence rates are relatively the same (but unclear his source information).

5 The researcher in a limited survey of various medical device use, IH use has had the most complaints, something seemingly was a surprise to him. (We don’t know if his data was proportional, but his impression is that IH mesh is indeed a problem.) 6 The mesh doctor points out that causation is difficult to pinpoint among the various factors involved. Whatever, the program asserts that the medical profession hasn’t been on top of it as it should have. The patient says that surgeons generally shift responsibility onto patients, telling them that patients need to more patient or to stiffen up. 7 Anyway, Australia is mobilizing (probably starting by govt. agency) to have more oversight by developing a tracking system for hernia mesh.