JamesDoncaster

Peter Billings can do a Bassini repair I believe. But, my recommendation is to go to somebody that specializes in tissue repairs, which means you will have to travel (I live in WA and know of nobody here that does tissue repairs as their primary practice.

Dr. Wright put mesh in me and removed it later. He is a competent surgeon for mesh repairs…[Read more]

@bryan I live in the USA … on a street called “Doncaster”.

You can get the catched version of Mr. Sea’s post here

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6etqZguVm0YJ:https://herniatalk.com/forums/topic/shouldice-repair-dr-sbayi-stony-brook-ny/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-d

I have read a number of studies that claim chronic pain is roughly equal in mesh and non-mesh repairs. I believe Dr Towfigh has mentioned this. However, no matter what the medical data and analysis may say, have any of you run across somebody (either in person or on the internet) that had chronic pain after a first hernia repair done without…[Read more]

Thanks @markt for the concise review of the article.

I find it absolutely astounding that any surgeon would perform a mesh-based repair for a patient that is having his/her first hernia repair. Every surgeon knows (or should know), that a portion of their patients will have chronic pain after a mesh-repair. And, those patients will have to deal…[Read more]

@drtowfigh I cannot claim to have anywhere near the knowledge you have concerning the literature on inguinal hernias. But, it seems a bit outlandish to claim that ALL studies comparing open-mesh, lap-mesh and tissue-based repairs conclude that lap-mesh is best in terms of chronic pain and recurrence. I’m quite certain data out of Shouldice would…[Read more]

I had my mesh removed about 15 months ago. Today, I feel mostly normal and my activities are not limited in any way. The only annoyance I have is a bit of sensitivity to pressure near my pubic bone, and even that seems to be getting a bit better with time.

Bottom line: I am glad I had my mesh removed.

I lift weights on a regular basis. When I had the mesh inside of me, I had horrible pain in the area of the mesh for days after each lifting session. I’ve had the mesh out for about a year now and no longer have much pain after exercise (though, I still have some, presumably due to the scar tissue that has been left behind by the mesh and the…[Read more]

I think another way to phrase your question would be: at what point does your body stop “fighting” the foreign body that has been placed inside of it and just “accept” it? My guess is the answer is: never. If your body recognizes something as foreign when it is first placed inside of you, what physiological change would, at some point, convince…[Read more]

My view on this is pretty simple.

1. I have read many Many MANY stories of people that have had a mesh operation and subsequently had life-altering, debilitating pain. This happens, even in cases in which the mesh-based repair was performed perfectly.

2. I have not read a single story in which a person had a tissue repair and subsequently had…[Read more]

Here’s a crazy thought.

Suppose we took all of the resources that are being dumped into developing, testing, and approving variations on the mesh theme and instead, used those resources to train doctors on how to perform tissue repairs.

I’m serious. Just think about that for one moment.

I have had one laparoscopic repair and one robotic mesh removal. I still have a “deep pain” that comes and goes. I always assumed this was from scar tissue that formed when the mesh was put it and subsequently removed. But, I wonder now if it could also be from peeling off the peritoneum twice.

I am in the camp that had a mesh repair and it has ruined my life. There is zero reason to take the chance of getting chronic pain when there tissue repairs that have much lower chronic pain rates. Get a tissue-based repair from a surgeon that specializes in this.

I guess one thing I would like to know is if doctors are ever given course in “risk assessment” as part of their training? I hear surgeons talk about recurrence as a risk. If you get a recurrence, you are back where you started. So in that sense, it isn’t recurrence isn’t a risk. If, on the other hand, you end up with chronic mesh pain, that…[Read more]

Mesh problems extremely rare? That is laughable. And, even if it were true, Boeing 737 max plane crashes are extremely rare too. That doesn’t mean we should allow the planes to fly. When the consequences of “rare” outcomes are so devastating, it is not unreasonable to ban the activity that produces those outcomes — especially when safer…[Read more]

@alephy In fact, this was my reasoning for getting a mesh repair in the first place. I assumed that, with so many hernia repairs performed with mesh, a small percentage of them were bound to post online and it was nothing to worry about.

But, after getting a mesh and finding out just how horrible of an experience it is, and after reading…[Read more]

I fully agree @ajm222. I would love for any surgeon or patient to point me to one person who had chronic pain after getting a Shouldice, Bassini or some other tissue repair. I’ve done extension searching and haven’t found a single such story. Presumably, if tissue repairs were as problematic as some surgeons would have us believe, it would be…[Read more]