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Your questions indicate that you have just started to learn about the field of hernia repair. It is very complex.

The suggestion that the number of hernia repairs a surgeon has done will improve outcomes really only applies to certain types of problems. Experience does not apply to the fundamental issues with mesh repairs, the body’s response…[Read more]

Here is a new article from General Surgery News about incisional hernias. You are right to be concerned about finding the right surgeon for an incisional hernia. Just like in inguinal hernia repair you will find a range of views on how to repair an incisional hernia. From using mesh prophylactically, to avoiding the use of mesh if possible.…[Read more]

Here’s a thought for those considering bad stories about surgeon interactions. Imagine that a certain, very active and opinionated, person from the forum was interacting with a surgeon in the way that they have commented about people on this very forum. Very complementary when they need something, very negative when they don’t get what they…[Read more]

Here’s another update on the Bard (now owned by Becton Dickinson) hernia repair mesh multi-district litigation (MDL). It’s hard to predict how the results might affect the field of hernia repair. If the lawyers focus on the use of low quality polypropylene and the fact that Bard did not disclose it to patients or surgeons then the solution for…[Read more]

You probably meant ventral hernia repair. Also known as incisional hernia. Herniation from the incision area of a previous surgery. These are different from inguinal hernias in that they are typically outside of the inguinal region of the abdomen. The inguinal canal is not involved.

Three is still much discussion ongoing about whether or not…[Read more]

Hernia repair mesh made the big time in the world of mass torts. Right up there with Roundup, Camp Lejeune, and talcum powder. Here is a review.

Mass Torts to Watch in 2023

“Hernia Mesh
The hernia mesh lawsuits involve claims that mesh implants used in hernia repair surgeries were defective and resulted in…[Read more]

Here is another Atrium product. The date at the top of the page seems wrong, there’s a 2022 update in the text but the last date is 2021.

Not fish-oil coated, just run-of-the-mill polypropylene knitted mesh.

Atrium ProLite and ProLoop Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

Apparently a settlement was reached. I think that the…[Read more]

Atrium C-Qur, the fish-oil coated mesh, still seems to be working its way through. Here is an update from September 26, 2022. Not so long ago.

Update on the Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

I realized that the page I had been linking here had articles about other manufacturers involved in other lawsuits.

Pretty fascinating how the wave is growing. I am just passing in fo along as it becomes available.

Here are a few new ones. Surgimesh. I provided a link about it in my other thread about Types of Mesh.

Surgimesh is part of a…[Read more]

Surgimesh is part of a new polypropylene material lawsuit. This is from March 2022.

Typical mesh implanted, major problems, mesh removed.

Surgimesh Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

I just came across a type of mesh that I had not seen before. Some of these new products get introduced but don’t get much publicity. Hard to compete with the big guys.

Dr. Ramshaw was involved. The video is from seven years ago. It’s not clear if “Advanced Hernia Solutions” was a side venture. 2016.

The mesh is made via a non-woven method.…[Read more]

Chuck, I have written quite a bit on the forum about the recovery from mesh removal. I don’t have any strength issues. Over the years the only thing holding me back had been the knowledge that I would be sore for a few days after extended activities. Instead of hiking five miles I would only hike two, for example. Plus there was some concern…[Read more]

Is it possible that the pain and swelling is the result of external forces causing internal irritation? Like the elastic band pressure of whatever you are wearing? I had found that certain clothes caused irritation because the waist height caused pressure at the bump left by the original direct hernia area. In my case though, there is still a…[Read more]

It might be worthwhile to go a little bit deeper in to the type of “chronic pain”. It could vary from a twinge when lifting a heavy weight to soreness after a ten mile run to inability to focus when simply sitting at a desk. The more vague the definition is the easier it is to maintain the status quo.

The word debilitating is the one to really…[Read more]

Dr. Nguyen might be worth a call. I don’t know what exactly is involved when one doctor sells their practice to another. He might be a run-of-the-mill laparoscopy surgeon, or he might be carrying on Dr. Brown’s non-mesh work. Or maybe he uses laparoscopy for athletic pubalgia (sportsmens’s hernia) and non-mesh for inguinal hernias. Not…[Read more]

I just came across an older article about litigation in General Surgery News. One of the Top 5 articles of 2022.

Dr. Voeller is interviewed and argues both sides of the issue. He points out that the 510(k) process has allowed untested materials in to the market, for transvaginal mesh products. But he seems to forget the fact that the hernia…[Read more]

Andy Elliot, you really should get your medical records. There are many different types of mesh and some of them might be made of a material that explains your symptoms. Progrip has polylactic acid, which is meant to degrade over time and be absorbed by the body. Atrium’s mesh had an Omega-3 fish oil coating on it, which has been shown to cause…[Read more]

I really do wish that I could post some news of progress. I just can’t find any. Professional researchers keep confirming that mesh repair causes chronic pain at rates in the teens. But it seems to be accepted as normal now.

This seems to be the “Collection” that Dr. Campanelli refers to. There’s not really much there.…[Read more]