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Laparoscopic Mesh Types
Are there any links as to the ‘safest’ meshes or is there no such thing? It seems to me that whatever mesh product is offered there are stories of problems, many of which are by law companies of course.
Bard 3d Max Mesh is used by a well known Hernia Center in Florida. My local, very experienced Hernia surgeon uses ProGrip with it’s ‘Velcro’ attachments. I guess whatever is used will never be 100% successful. What does Dr. Towfigh use?Thanks
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In the United States the FDA would be the organization expected to monitor the safety of the various manufacturers’ products. But they generally rely on self-policing by the device makers themselves. It has been well-reported that the FDA is very lax in actual monitoring of product safety, only acting when publicity gets too extreme. Consider opioids and trans-vaginal mesh. They rely on reports from end-users like us, the patients, or from the surgeons who actually implanted the devices to inform them of problems. They are a reactive organization, not an active enforcement agency.
Unfortunately, the impression that the FDA is watching and keeping everyone safe is also shared by many in the medical community.
Your best source of information, sadly, is the various social media sites across the internet. Running enthusiast sites, weightlifting, mesh specific sites, hernia repair sites like this one. There is no “official” organization that has the mission of proactively seeking out that type of information.
As a result, all of the mesh products have the same low level of safety information. They’re all a gamble.
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