Watchnwaitin

Good to know, I guess its a very small risk and more likely with large hernias probably. Mine is small and when I was looking for a doctor one of the receptionists asked me if I could push it in and I was perplexed as it barely protudes out so I don’t think pushing anything in is even possible.

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Watchful – re the cremaster not being completely cut, does that mean some of it was shaved off instead of being cut? I’ve heard some doctors in the USA don’t cut it but shave about 30% off instead so wonder if that’s what they did for you.

Also, does Shouldice Hospital give you the operative report afterwards explaining what was done?

<“also gotta love that Dr, kANG found a hernia and didnt try to fix it…” >

He found a hernia and didn’t fix it? Maybe I’m missing something but thought the way @Alan described it was that Kang fixed both directs and a right indirect and left side was fine in regards to an indirect(no hernia), so all were fixed.

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@MarkT – Thanks for the info.

Seems like the Kang method is a modified Bassini with special stitching and no cut of cremaster muscle or more invasive steps/techniques.

Has good success from the looks of it but would be nice to have a more complete and precise explanation of what exactly is done.

Is there a detailed description anywhere of how the Dr Kang method of tissue repair is done? I’ve searched but only found details of the other methods.

@Watchful,

1) How did you go about picking your surgeon? I don’t see any info on the surgeons at Shouldice Hospital on the website.

2) Is there still a c19 vacs policy there for a patient or their spouse or is that gone now?