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Pain after additional hernia surgery
I had a previous inguinal hernia repair on the right groin about 15 years ago which went very well. In June, I was diagnosed with an ultra sound test, a Spigelian hernia in the right side which was was small. It had been giving me more steady pain as time went on and that was the reason I needed it repaired. This surgery was in early August. About a month later, I began to feel pain radiating to the right groin, lower right abdomen and sometimes the right flank. This pain or discomfort would seem to go away but also is becoming a little steadier over time. They placed a mesh with absorbable fixtures to hold the mesh in place. I don’t know if this mesh was also stitched in. I called the surgeon and he said it could just be settling in place or normal healing. However, I am worried something could have caused the repair to fail. I don’t know how likely this is. Or could it be from these absorbable tacking fixtures moving or pressing on nerves? Or the mesh settling in and causing a pulling on nerves? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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