David M

Was your hernia indirect or direct and how big was it?

Yes, thanks for the attention of those who have been through this and still find time to make a return and give advice.

So, does Yunis only do the two layer, or did he offer the choice?

How does the two layer work- is it just a double breasting of the transversalis fascia and then a closure of the external oblique?

I’m just researching myself, but I think that Dr Towfigh, in one of her recent videos….maybe the one on Watchful Waiting, discussed exercise with her guest. I think they both said that exercise was not generally a problem, though they did warn people off of squats and something else. I’d seek confirmation of what was said. I found that…[Read more]

I tried to edit a few phrases and the edit didn’t take. Was this due to timing?

Thanks Good Intentions for your good comments.

I finally was able to watch the rest of the interview. Here are a few things learned.

Recurrent hernias are more commonly symptomatic than original.

They talk about which hernias are generally ok for watchful waiting. The doctor makes a strong point that femoral hernias in females should not be…[Read more]

I’m about halfway through watching this interview on watchful waiting and the guest doctor just made the comment that he does a lot of surgeries on other doctors, and they, more often than not, choose to have it done open. This seems to have something to do with their wish to avoid general anesthesia.

Down at the bottom where it list the page numbers would it be possible to put in a jump-to slot. If I’m reading through the pages and I make it to page 20 and close the browser, it be nice to come back the next day and jump to page 21. As it is, I think we have to go through the intermediate pages again. As far as I can tell.

Those are good questions by Jack.

Considering the weakness of the tissues, I have a related question about the transversalis fascia double breasting in the shouldice. Is it possible that since the tissue are no longer being stretched, that they might actually strengthen? Possibly even fuse given that they are of the same cell structure?

Ajm, was your hernia direct or indirect, how big was it and what is your BMI?

I want to consider strongly tissue repair and I have a low BMI, am thin, which might favor tissue, but the hernia seems to be direct and seems fairly large,I’m guessing, about the size of a tennis ball. Large directs were discussed by Dr Towfigh and one of her guests…[Read more]

I read this on a tablet and the hernia talk banner floats in the middle of the page and is super annoying. I have no idea how to dock it anywhere, if that is even possible, and it’s much too big anyway. My suggestion would be to remove it since everyone can easily tell which site they are on.

It posted before I could provide the link.

In the following video, one of the doctors asks the audience(at the 17:25 mark) of doctors how many “take” the illioinguinal nerve and the answer was 20%! Then he said that he also did in the older patients, but tried to preserve it in the younger. He then says that they don’t notice.

The presumptiveness is bothersome. What justification is…[Read more]

I appreciate the thought, effort and objective of this thread.

1)Is one or the other methods recommended based on size of the hernia? If so, at what size, generally, would one method gain preference? (my hernia on the right side is about the size of the top half of a tennis ball.)

2)I’ve read on this forum that thinner folks who engage in…[Read more]