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We discussed everything you need to know about hernias among children, from newborns to teenagers. This was with Dr. Todd Ponsky, the US top specialist in hernia repair for children.

Watch the full hour here: https://youtu.be/CykxG7NAPN4

Yes, Ovitex comes in the form of fully absorbable, like other biologic meshes, and also in a variety of sizes. All this information can be found on their website.

You can watch and listen to all the questions we covered on HerniaTalk tonight. We covered a wide range of topics, related to mesh, non-mesh, choosing the right surgeon, knowing what questions to ask your surgeon, and more.

Go to my YouTube channel to watch:

Great session on chronic pelvic pain and details of its evaluation and treatment. Thanks to Dr. Aliabadi for sharing her knowledge. Very direct discussion and lots of questions addressed.

You can watch the whole session on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/C11umkiGgJ0

Yes to all your questions.

This was indeed a great session of HerniaTalk. We spent nearly the entire time taking about the role of the FDA in past, present, and future clearance of hernia mesh devices, especially mesh.

You can watch it’s entirety here: https://youtu.be/Fz76SCdSV8M

The company making Proflor mesh is bankrupt. I’m pretty sure the mesh is not available in the US.

This was a great session. So much valuable information on the evaluation and treatment of sports hernias, athletic pubalgia, occult inguinal hernias, and other groin pain.

You can watch the full hour on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/lM-8kTSAzY8

Correct. It is all hype.

We had a great discussion about the specific decision making related to performing hernia repair among patients with cancer. The philosophy of approach is different than the average patient.

You can watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/J-3HMPT1KLo

Wow! That was quite a session. We had the most questions for Dr. Yunis… so many that we zoomed through as much as we could and still had so many questions left unanswered.

You can with the full hour here: https://youtu.be/xcS6imYt-bA

Thank you. Best of luck

All public hospitals in the Philippines provide hernia surgery options.

For a specialist, consider my colleagues Dr Jose Macario Faylona.

Regardless of technique: lap, open, mesh, non-mesh, the hernia sac and its contents must be reduced. Traditionally with open surgery, the redundant portion of the sac is ligated. Dr Amid suggested the act of ligation (cut and tie) of the hernia sac (peritoneum) is unnecessary and may contribute to pain after hernia repair. In laparoscopy we…[Read more]