Good intentions

Thank you, I see that it is.

I read it, it’s a short piece. It is worth reading, it looks like Dr. Voeller is trying to make a point that mesh is not the cause of chronic groin pain. He uses the term “a major cause”. But if you read everything that is quoted you can see that he undercuts the very case that he is trying to make.

In the end,…[Read more]

I was able to expand the image from the email about the article and find that it contains a quote from Dr. Voeller stating that “trying to repair many hernias with suture alone is doomed to failure”.

The statement is really shocking, especially considering Dr. Voeller’s status in the hernia repair field, and as a surgeon at a university school of…[Read more]

And here is one from Egypt using his technique. Click the “PDF” button in the upper right and you can read the whole paper.

https://journals.ekb.eg/article_149204.html

Here is a link, below, to a recent paper from a different set of surgeons, using Dr. Guttadauro’s technique. It has a direct comparisons with conventional methods.

One of the major flaws in defining the chronic pain problem has been the survey methods used. Reading these papers it’s hard to tell what they were asking their patients, and how…[Read more]

It varies. The mesh makers leave it to the surgeons to decide. Some tout that their product does not need fixation, some say that it is optional. Some, like Progrip, are designed to negate the “need” for fixation. My surgeon was proud of his method of creating a space that he thought contained the mesh so that it did not need fixation, even…[Read more]

I remember reading many many years ago some thoughts that one reason the human body has certain problems is because it is still adapting to walking upright. The orientation of the bones and ligaments and muscles lends itself to certain injuries. You could add to that the fact that humanity spends huge effort combating the Darwinian winnowing of…[Read more]

It’s the money. And it’s not just mesh. The corporations have infiltrated the medical profession. Medicine is a business.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/series/the-implant-files

This thread has become a little bit confusing. E11270 started it to talk about a problem post-mesh removal. Pain after mesh was removed. But now dh305 is talking about a mesh problem, from mesh that still exists. I am not criticizing, just pointing out that the topic is now about a mesh problem, not a mesh removal after-effect.

On mesh…[Read more]

The Hernia System is a very aggressive approach to hernia repair and it is surprising that it was used for lipomas.

Good luck with the removal. Because of the large area covered, on both sides of the abdominal wall, and the fact that a plug, effectively, was used through the internal ring, your recovery will probably take a while.

Is it the plug or the “Hernia system”? They are both open surgeries, that put mesh inside and outside the abdominal wall. So, surgeons like Dr. Kang or Dr. Brown or Dr. Petersen commonly do those types of removal. Dr. Meyers at the Vincera Institute also.

There are probably laparoscopic surgeons who could remove it also. Dr. Towfigh has…[Read more]

I just came across an article that I had found a couple of years ago, about the omentum. It might help explain the feeling of swelling and stiffness that people with hernias and hernia repair problems feel.

Apparently the omentum’s role in the body is not well understood. I get the impression that most hernia repair surgeons just think of it…[Read more]

Search the word “registry” on the forum and you will find quite a bit about supposed and real efforts to track the performance of mesh medical devices. Probably one of the worst fears of the mesh makers is a collection of data showing the true results of mesh implantations. When you are trying to understand what is going on just think of hernia…[Read more]

I think that the reason the methods don’t work is because the body does not “realize” that something is wrong. There is no torn or damaged tissue. It is just stretched more than it should be, allowing more undamaged tissue, the omentum or bowel, to move to an area it not designed to be.

The trusses and belts keep the omentum/bowel where it…[Read more]

Hello Scarletville. I am posting the link to the one where you gave the info about your surgeon here, below, just to make it easier to find.

I noticed that you fell back on recurrence rate as a factor in choosing a surgeon. Even though this forum is full of chronic pain stories and even the surgeons agree that chronic pain is the number one…[Read more]

I found/realized that the various specialties are somewhat siloed from each other, over here in the States anyway. Urologists don’t know much about the effect of hernia repair on their patients, and hernia repair surgeons will not comment about urological issues. The reliance on pharmaceuticals seems common though. There are pills for every…[Read more]

My definition of success, for this Topic, is the return to the life that the person had before the hernia, at several years after surgery. No chronic pan, and full physical function. Of course, there is an in-between point, where success can’t be determined. But, often, there is a point where it is clear that success will never be…[Read more]

Here is a recent report from a different forum about a successful Desarda repair. Four years ago, and still doing very well. Performed by Dr. Tomas in Florida.

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133353003&p=1649596363&viewfull=1#post1649596363

Could you add the details of your surgery? The type of repair and the materials used? Even in open repair there are many many variations.

If you have only mesh repair as a choice then try to minimize the risk within that category. It’s been noted many times that some surgeons think that all mesh products are the same, or realize they aren’t but don’t have a choice themselves. Also, you can find stories of surgeons who routinely perform a triple neurectomy with a mesh implantation,…[Read more]