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Hernias and Connective Tissue disease? A question for the doctors
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I was able to find it via the numbers in the link. Here it is. [USER=”2766″]Katherine[/USER]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080117301565?via%3Dihub
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Dear Dr. Brown, thank you so much for your response and the link. Unfortunately, I’m not able to access the link. Is it still possible to do a non-mesh open repair on someone with weak connective tissue?
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[USER=”2766″]Katherine[/USER]
Dear Katherine.
Collagen is one of the major components of wound healing. Anything that affects collagen can increase the risk for a hernia and a recurrent hernia.
Most connective tissue diseases are associated with an increased risk of hernia. Smoking and Diabetes are also associated with risk.
A nice article about collagen is available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2017.05.012Regards.
Bill Brown MD -
Dr. Kang’s web site mentions tissue strength.
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Thank you! I appreciate your links and I will take a look!
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I am not a doctor but I think that if you search for momof4 and mamadunlop’s posts you might find some good information. I’m just working from memory but here are their posts…
https://www.herniatalk.com/search?q=momof4&searchJSON=%7B%22keywords%22%3A%22momof4%22%7D
https://www.herniatalk.com/search?q=mamadunlop&searchJSON=%7B%22keywords%22%3A%22mamadunlop%22%7D
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I hope I’m allowed to do this! Bumping this post so hopefully will get some replies. I have a mixed connective tissue disease and am concerned the laxity in my connective tissue will make an open, no mesh repair not successful. I’m also older (60), and connective tissue gets weaker as one gets older anyway. Any thoughts?
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