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Mesh infection: Does it all need to come out?
If you have a mesh infection, is it true that all the mesh must be removed? What if you get better with antibiotics?
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Mesh infection: Does it all need to come out?
That’s a very long question.
It’s answered in detail in our recent book, The Manual of Groin Pain. You can buy the individual chapter on this.
Typically, it includes redness over the mesh area, drainage of fluid usually pus, fevers, fatigue, maybe joint pain. -
Mesh infection: Does it all need to come out?
What are the signs and symptoms of mesh infection?
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Mesh infection: Does it all need to come out?
It depends on a number of factors. What kind of mesh, patient factors like diabetes, obesity and smoking, and what kind of bacteria for starters. A recent study from The Carolinas Hernia group showed that about 30% of mesh could be salvaged but if you smoke or are diabetic, the rate was 0%.
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Mesh infection: Does it all need to come out?
This is a good question!
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