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Thanks Dr. SzoteK,

I am currently based in Switzerland, I would be thankful if you could let me know of any surgeons here or in the neighboring countries that use these particular meshes. I am still considering options so this at the moment would be just for information purposes should I decide to go forward with surgery…hope it makes sense…

OH btw less inflammation also means less likelihood for urticaria attacks probably I guess🤔

Is it correct to say that less inflammation response means less likelihood of pain and body reaction? Btw the article caught my eye as it also mentions absorbable meshes (in positive terms), for which there is not as much evidence. I think it is possible to infer from animal trials if they are in pain or not…albeit always done for short perios…[Read more]

Thanks for the info Dr. Szotek! I wonder, are the Ovitex meshes only sold/available in the US?

I am no doctor but I seem to remember someone saying that nerves can also be educated and silenced. Perhaps the nerve blocks albeit temporary do stop the flow enough for the brain to rewire and slump down the importance of the signal….or the nerve block itself reduces inflammation which on turn reduces the nerve flaring…

I never used them for this but I bet noise cancelling headphones could help! I can easily say I cannot live without them any more when it comes to relaxing working etc.

Thanks for your answer! Are there situations when this is warranted or it just cannot be avoided somehow?

I have heard from many doctors (also here) that one can exercise (in fact should exercise) with an hernia…I do martial arts and while I have not started rolling yet I still train by myself. The moment I physically cannot any more (e.g. because of pain) surgery would be most definitely on the table, but only then….

I am wondering, do surgeons also cut nerves when placing a mesh with open surgery? Or is this only a pure tissue problem?

I once watched a video from an Italian hernia expert who referred to the mesh body sensation as “the feeling of a cigarette packet in your pocket when you are seated”; he is an advocate of bio re-absorbable meshes (in fact I think he only uses those) which he claims do not have this problem.

Does the mesh bother/hinder you in any physical…[Read more]

Indeed!what I found interesting is that the proflor is self fixatimg and apparently promotes the growth of healthy tissue instead of scar one, as with all the other meshes (not sure about the biological ones)…

The proflor mesh is apparently sold by insith ria in India and also Italy somehow. ..

As with any permanent implant unless they can provide sound long term numbers and address the significance of chronic pain or disfunction it is difficult to say anything…I would assume naively that those implants that get reabsorbed at least are less likely to cause problems years down the road….also people claim they cause less short term pain

It’s interesting that no doctor commented on this…🤔

Thank you to Dr Szotek for the info!

This is what I have wondered about i.e. how common is it that people with a mesh repair will experience problems years after the original surgery? And are these people counted in the original ~15/20% of people having problems? (I would be surprised as patients are not followed up, certainly not for a span of many years)…

I would think 11 years…[Read more]

Btw are nerves also cut during an open mesh repair?🤔