Hernia specialist in Boston area

[rocket1]

Thank you “Good Intentions” and Chaunce 1234 for your replies!

It is difficult for me to travel much, so I would like to find someone in the
Boston area. I did some searching and found surprisingly little in the Boston area
of very experienced surgeons??

I did see this fellow Dr. Reinhorn, but
I noticed he really advertises alot and pushes his practice -this may be OK
but it makes me a bit wary (I will look at this a bit more). There are hospitals
here with hernia groups but I suspect they have rote techniques. I will need
to do more searching!

[Chaunce1234]

You might try consulting with Dr Michael Reinhorn in Boston MA, (617) 466-3373

According to his website he is able to perform all manners of hernia repair: mesh, no-mesh, shouldice, laparoscopic, open, etc, which would likely qualify him as an actual hernia expert. I also just noticed he publishes some of his own case data directly on his own website, where he says he has repaired 2,952 hernias as of 2017.

https://bostonhernia.com/about-us/quality-outcome-cost-data/

Personally I would be very interested in knowing what his chronic pain rate and recurrence rates are as well, but those are questions to ask of any surgeon before a hernia procedure.

There are other hernia experts on the midwest / east coast as well;

– Dr Samer Sbayi in Long Island, NY

– Dr Michael Reinhorn, Newton MA

– Dr William Meyers in Philadelphia, PA

– Dr David Grischkan in Cleveland, Ohio

– Dr Paul Szotek in Indianapolis, IN

– Dr Bruce Ramshaw in Knoxville, TN

– Dr Jonathan Yunis in Sarasota, FL

– Dr Robert Tomas in Fort Meyers, FL

– Dr Igor Belyansky in Annapolis MD

– Dr Brian Jacobs in NYC

I’m not a doctor and have no affiliation with any of these surgeons, so be sure to do your own research.

Good luck and keep us updated on your case.

[Good intentions]

Three of the site surgeons are from your general area. VA, NY, and MA. I added the link below. Chaunce1234 often posts a list of surgeons that seem to be up to speed on current events. You might search for some of his posts. Good luck.

https://www.herniatalk.com/surgeons

[rocket1]

Hi thanks for the response. To answer your questions– It is very large and reaches into the scrotum. The general surgeon wanted to do an open
surgery under a general anesthetic with mesh (polypropylene) and didn’t seem to know anything about alternative meshes.
I am older so I don’t expect to do highly athletic activities other than walks and house maintenance. As I said, I am looking for
a more-experienced/knowledgeable specialized hernia surgeon in the Boston area and am asking for suggestions for such a surgeon.

[Good intentions]

Can you give more detail? “Large” can mean many things. Direct or indirect? What kinds of activities do you expect to do afterward? What did the surgeon that you saw recommend? Open, laparoscopic, mesh…?

These are interesting times to have a hernia repaired. So many possible repair methods, and materials, but so little confirmation of superiority of any of them.