dan
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dan started the topic High Ligation in the forum Hernia Discussion 2 months ago
When a doctor performs high ligation on the Peritoneum and the ends are tied off, do they typically use an absorbable suture when tying it?
I am guessing the part that is tied begins to heal together afterwards?I am trying to understand how this all works with a limit knowledge. If they tie it off with a permanent suture, it would create a…[Read more]
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dan replied to the topic Mesh without fixation in the forum Hernia Discussion 2 months, 1 week ago
Is that the standard practice these days? Cause i haven’t heard of that
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dan replied to the topic Shouldice vs Kang surgery experience in the forum Hernia Discussion 3 months ago
Yeah the quarantine requirement is 14 days unless you apply for a quarantine exemption. If you want to go get dr kang’s surgery, it’s likely you would have to wait until the lockdown is over.
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dan replied to the topic Shouldice vs Kang surgery experience in the forum Hernia Discussion 3 months ago
From what i know, Dr Kang uses pds suture which are slow absorbable (130-180 days to fully absorb)
I am a korean american looking to get dr kang’s surgery once the pandemic ends. I will probably update once i get one. However, there is a story written by a korean woman on her blog about her experience with the surgery. She became pregnant 1 year…[Read more]
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dan replied to the topic How to tell the difference between Femoral and Inguinal Hernia in the forum Hernia Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I heard that smaller hernias are much more likely to get incarcerated. Except i haven’t seen a study confirming this. It seems to be like something that has become widely considered as truth simply due to it being repeated often. Not sure if you can confirm or not
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dan started the topic How to tell the difference between Femoral and Inguinal Hernia in the forum Hernia Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks ago
So i got a ultrasound done on my right side and it looks like i have a hernia… Except it doesn’t tell me which type of hernia it is. And my GP seems to be clueless as well. He gave me a reference to shouldice (i pretty much live right across it). But from what i’ve read, it’s hard to figure out between femoral and inguinal hernia just with…[Read more]
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