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Pro soccer player ruined by hernia mesh
Sorry not soccer player but professional runner/hurdler.
Interesting article about a pro runner/hurdler whose career was halted for 5 years due to a hernia repair with mesh. Mesh was eventually removed and I believe nerves cut and player has resumed his career.
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It does mention injuries but you’re right not hernia per se.
Strange.
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Bumping this thread from the past. More food for thought on considering what you want from your hernia repair. If you live a fairly sedentary life you might be fine with a mesh implant. If you are very active, you might have problems. I think that the vast majority of surgeons don’t even ask about their patients’ activities. Mine knew that I played soccer and he even had a former patient who was a semi-pro soccer player, as I recall, who had problems with his mesh implant and eventually went to another surgeon for help (like I did). I learned this after I had my own problems. He told me himself. He put the mesh in me anyway.
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I had a thought to see how Dai Greene was doing and came across his Wikipedia page. Despite the horrible toll that a mesh implant had on his career and all of the publicity about it at the time, his Wikipedia page is clean of any mention of mesh or hernia. Very strange. Maybe there is a non-disparagement agreement in place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Greene
Here is the Guardian story which I don’t see linked above.
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It would be interesting to know what the British Athletes board recommends or who they use instead of mesh.
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Here’s his Twitter page but you can only see a few posts before you have to sign up.
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Bumping this thread to the top. Not sure what Dai Greene is doing today, I’ll see what I can find.
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My responses to this thread are being held by spam review, but anyway…
If you search on Twitter you can find confirmation from Dai Greene that his surgeon for the mesh removal was Dr Mushawek, and that British Athletics no longer sends athletes to get implants for hernia repairs. Quite interesting.
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I have posted a separate update to this thread but it is being held for spam review, probably because it includes a few links.
Anyway, I discovered an online conversation on twitter where the athlete Dai Greene confirmed that Dr Muschaweck was his surgeon who removed the mesh, and that he has had no issues with her procedure.
There are also videos of him speaking about the issue, and confirming that British Athletics (governing sports body in the UK) no longer sends athletes to get implants for hernias.
Remarkable.
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Just an update on this topic for those who are interested. During separate research I stumbled into some references to this particular athlete, Dai Greene.
Here is a short video clip of the athlete confirming that British Athletics (the governing body for athletics in the UK) no longer send their athletes to get implants for hernia repairs:
https://twitter.com/VictoriaLIVE/status/1067364133962543104
And here he responds to a question, saying that Dr Muschaweck was the surgeon who removed his mesh and repaired the previous damage:
https://twitter.com/DaiGreene/status/1067138858159144960
Hernia mesh has now been banned by British Athletics for use on its athletes, @DaiGreene reveals.
He lost five years of his career to complications #VictoriaLIVE pic.twitter.com/FSi2nnOCVN
— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) November 27, 2018
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Good intentions I found the video clip on one of the 4 Facebook mesh forums I belong to-so fortunately to some degree it is being spread albeit to a limited group of people.
Ans Chaunce 1234 yes I believe athletes see her and dr. Koch which both may or may not be part of bio hernia center which advertise/promote non mesh repairs.
Another interesting thing I came across on one of the FB mesh forums is a guy used a surgeon who is a plastic surgeon in Scottsdale Arizona a dr. Repta who amongst other things specializes in tummy tucks.
The surgekn was able to remove his open mesh and do a natural repair . And so far he is doing well. At first I was hesitant about the fact that he used a plastic surgeon to remove his mesh but he did interview with a bunch of surgeons including some of the more well known removal surgeons but really felt that this doctor had the specialty needed to do the job so I thought I’d include the surgeon. Not sure of his first name . -
quote Good intentions:I just wish that he would have told us where British Athletics is sending people now. Let the market forces kill the bad mesh.
Based on my own research and reading within the sports world, many pro athletes in Europe (and some in USA) are sent to Dr Muschaweck in Germany for just about anything with their groin or a hernia.
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Here are a couple more informative links. We should spread this recent focus around as far as we can, and keep it alive as long as we can.
https://twitter.com/guardian_sport/status/1066739706312962048
Hernia mesh implants cost Dai Greene five years of his career https://t.co/hKxatVL2BL
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) November 25, 2018
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Not a problem at all. Yours is from a different source and has more information. It’s heartening to see some high-powered light focused on the problem. I just hope that influential people will see the opportunity to get some change started. Otherwise, like many disturbing issues, it will fade in to the background again.
I just realized that I could watch the video on your link. Many BBC.com links are not viewable if you’re not in their region.
I encourage everybody to watch it. It’s only one minute long. I just wish that he would have told us where British Athletics is sending people now. Let the market forces kill the bad mesh.
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My apologies to good intentions who posted this story earlier. Did not see it
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