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Here is his list of surgeons that do mesh removal and also no mesh hernia repair. I see some new names.
https://www.noinsurancesurgery.com/list%20of%20surgeons.html
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This is a list of surgeons who do pure tissue hernia repair and hernia mesh removal.
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Dr. Towfigh has mesh removal on her page, you have to scroll down and click the forward arrow.
https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/
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Dr. Yunis has mesh removal on his web page. Click the words at the top of the main page.
https://www.centerforherniarepair.com/jonathan-yunis-md/
centerforherniarepair.com
Meet Dr. Jonathan Yunis - Center for Hernia Repair Sarasota
Dr. Jonathan Yunis is a Florida-based hernia doctor with 20+ years of specialized hernia repair experience and treats roughly 700 hernia cases yearly.
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Dr. Jacob has a mesh removal link under “Chronic Pain and Groin Injuries” at the top of his page.
https://www.nychernia.com/chronic-groin-pain-after-hernia-surgery/
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Groin Pain After Hernia Surgery | Hernia Mesh Pain | NYC Hernia
Consult with Dr. Jacob at NYC Hernia if you are experiencing Chronic Pain due to a previous Hernia Mesh, Tack, or Suture implant procedure. Learn more here!
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Here is an article from General Surgery News about mesh removal.
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Here is a practice with many surgeons that I have not heard of. They have a whole page about complications and the possible need for removal. I assume that they do it.
When I had mesh problems the surgeon that implanted the mesh never even considered trying to remove the mesh himself. Even though he was in residency at the Mayo Clinic at the same time as Dr. Billing, who did remove the mesh. Similar training and experience, one would do it, the other wouldn’t.
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Another New York based surgeon. He is right at the heart of the problem, implanting mesh via “MIS”, also removing mesh via “MIS”. I wonder if he has removed the same mesh that he put in. Dr. Mark Reiner.
https://www.nycherniasurgery.com/hernia-mesh-removal/
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Hernia Mesh Removal in NYC | Expert Hernia Repair Doctor
f you require hernia mesh removal in NYC or the surrounding areas, call the experienced Dr. Reiner today for a personalized consultation!
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Here is a plastic surgeon who does mesh removal. But apparently does not do inguinal hernia repair. If you go to the top of the page under “Body” and work through the sub-menus you’ll only find umbilical hernia repair shown. Interesting. But he does remove mesh. He has been mentioned on the site before. Dr. Repta, in Scottsdale Arizona.
https://www.drrepta.com/body/hernia-repair/mesh-removal-after-hernia/
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Mesh Removal After Hernia Scottsdale | No Mesh Hernia Repair
Address various symptoms and complications caused by hernia mesh such as burning sensations, swelling, shooting pains, and more with Dr. Repta and Scottsdale.
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I almost forgot to add Dr. Peter Billing of Transform Weight Loss. He removed the mesh in me, and also did one side of sensei305.
It’s not promoted at all. It’s buried way down at the bottom of the page.
https://www.transformweightloss.com/weight-loss-solutions/hernia/
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Hernia - Transform Weight Loss
When one of your organs or some of your fatty tissue protrudes through the muscle wall, a hernia occurs. Hernias typically develop in your abdominal wall or groin and can affect men, women, and children. Hernias aren’t usually life-threatening, but … Continue reading
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Dr. David Krpata of the Cleveland Clinic. Here is a story involving him, I will follow with a link to his web page.
The story is very very familiar to anyone that has had mesh problems. Somehow, all of these surgeons made it all the way through medical school and residency without becoming aware of the problem even though approximately 15% of patients who receive a mesh repair experience problems. Why are the educational facilities for surgeons so poor regarding hernia repair? Almost seems intentional.
The math seems to show that she had the mesh implanted in 2018.
my.clevelandclinic.org
Woman Relieved from Chronic Groin Pain After Hernia Mesh is Removed
Discover how Jody Lynn, finally got relief from a complication related to her hernia surgery after traveling to Cleveland Clinic and meeting with Dr. David Krpata.
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Here is Dr. Krpata’s main page at the Cleveland Clinic.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/20162-david-krpata
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David Krpata, M.D. | Cleveland Clinic
Find professional and biographical information about Cleveland Clinic physician David Krpata, M.D.
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Another thought, that I will be trying soon. Suspenders.
I am still “stretching the envelope” physically after the mesh removal. The site of the original hernia still gets sore after vigorous physical activity. Ideally, I think, if I can avoid all irritation of the area it will heal fully. Or, I’ll just have a set of tools to use in certain situations. Like wearing gloves when doing hard manual work.
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That’s good to know Dr. Towfigh, thank you. I have saved the link to the ACHQC page so that I can keep track of when this information becomes available to the public. I’m surprised though, that no surgeon, doctor, or educator has parsed through the data available to them as professionals and reported on the worst products. So that surgeons and patients can avoid them. Since nobody is removing the bad products, and surgeons keep using them. See the Aaron Stinson plug lawsuit. He had a plug implanted in 2015.
If the knowledge of the problems with plugs had been collected and reported maybe his surgeon would not have used it. Your advice has been to “trust your surgeon”. Harry Stinson did. Now he’s been harmed and his surgeon’s name is out there as the one who harmed him, along with Bard. It’s just how things look from outside.
The ACHQC work can fill in the gap that the device makers have left. Failure to warn. An open database, constantly tabulating results could have enormous impact. The device makers won’t be happy though. I will be surprised if the actual brand names of the products are actually shown to the public. Who knows though, I wish everybody involved the effort good luck.
topclassactions.com
Man awarded $500,000 over hernia mesh injuries
A federal jury in Ohio has awarded $500,000 to a man who argued he experienced injuries after a hernia mesh adhered to his insides.
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It’s an example of the drift toward selling products, rather than improving patient care. Something to be wary of. The technology companies that will be supporting things like Shark Tank don’t really care about patient welfare. It’s why so many bad mesh products have made it to market and are still there. A focus on money over patients. The patients are the revenue sources.
I’m just giving an objective view from the outside world.
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</header><header>”Finally, the NBT is being incorporated into the SAGES meeting for 2021 and into the future. The Emerging Technology Session will be re-branded as the NBT Session, retaining the same focus of the prior Emerging Tech Session. In 2021, a major and impactful change to the Shark Tank is being considered. Shark Tank will include a significant monetary award for the most promising innovation. Stay tuned for more details.”</header><header>
</header><header>”We hope you will continue to keep SAGES and our mission, vision and core values in mind throughout the Fall and winter.</header>Mission: To innovate, educate and collaborate to improve patient care
Vision: Re-imagining surgical care for a healthier world
Values: Inclusivity, innovation, service, excellence, global community (and an unofficial value of FUN)”
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SAGES Update from President Horacio Asbun - SAGES
As I enter my eighth month of SAGES presidency, it appears surreal that my whole presidency has basically been a virtual one. What it also means is that everyone else’s life over the last eight months has been the same. … Continue reading
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Here is another that I just remembered. Many of us have probably worn our pants and belts the exact same way for years and have tried to go back the old ways after surgery. But even successful surgery is directly under the typical pants waistline or belt placement. I experimented with the placement of my belt buckle and end up sliding it over one loop. I also got one of those flat cam lock military type belt buckles that is infinitely adjustable. Unlike the typical belt with holes in it. The buckle is on the side, and I can adjust it on the fly in public without looking like I’m about to drop my pants.
It’s kind of goofy to think about doing these things to try to be comfortable but it has been worth it for me.
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Sensei305 said that he was prepared to do a pure tissue repair on him after his mesh removal. But he ended up going to somebody in Florida.
Pretty sure that he would tell you over the phone. Good luck.
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The latest from the Miller& Zois page, linked above.
December 5, 2023: Georgia Settlement
Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon have reached a settlement in a Georgia multidistrict litigation that involves 224 cases. This settlement was confirmed through a joint motion to dismiss the claims, which was agreed upon by both parties and approved by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story. In response to the settlement, Ethicon Inc. underscored that it accepts no real responsibility, claiming that the decision was taken to prevent a drawn-out legal process. Of course, we are long past preventing a drawn-out process in any of these hernia mesh lawsuits.
This recent agreement comes on the heels of a similar settlement about six months earlier, in which the companies resolved claims with 161 plaintiffs in MDL-2782.
December 4, 2023: New Bard Lawsuit
Bard lawsuits keep coming. On Friday, the wife of a now-deceased Oklahoma man who had the Ventralight ST filed a lawsuit directly in MDL-2846. The lawsuit – which is not a wrongful death claim – makes the usual assertions of defective design, manufacturing defect and, most importantly, failure to warn.
This case was one of two Bard hernia mesh lawsuits filed Friday.
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Well, this is really a shame. Old threads that actually had good information, including replies from well-respected surgeons, are now being deleted.
The infamous Chuck started a thread about Dr. Reinhorn and Dr. Reinhorn responded. I linked to it above, the “Why is Dr. Reinhorn never mentioned…”. But the link now leads to a 404 page, and searching the key words using Google also gives a 404. Dr. Reinhorn’s professional response on what seemed to be a professional discussion forum has been thrown in the garbage.
It really does look like Dr. Towfigh has decided to let the HerniaTalk forum die a slow death. It makes one wonder. Twitter is dead, HerniaTalk.com is dying. What will happen to the YouTube channel?
I really hope this is temporary but dev’s early responses and the recent ghosting by everybody involved in managing the web site are not good signs.
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Could one of you comment on what the future plans are for the HerniaTalk forum? At this point it is impossible to look back at any specific member’s posts because the Timeline function brings up random posts of other members instead. Any reply to a Discussion gets placed randomly in the middle of the thread, garbling the flow of the Discussion. Nobody can see Updates or Discussions unless they sign in. The site has very little value to anyone who does not create an account and sign in on a regular basis.
I understand that getting these types of web sites working correctly is difficult and it can take time and effort. My question is – will more time and effort be spent to get the forum working correctly? Or is it considered to be “done” now?
If a decision has been made to just “cancel” the forum that would be understandable, but this seems like an odd way to do it. Although it has great value to patients looking for information about hernias and repair methods, it’s definitely not good for the business of hernia repair. I have to imagine that Dr. Towfigh gets constant push-back from industry representatives and fellow surgeons to just let the forum die. Go back to the darkness, stop letting people shine light on the problems, despite the supposed push for “informed consent”.
I hope that this chaos on the forum is just temporary and that there really is a plan for a properly functioning and informative discussion forum. At this point there is still a lot of work ahead. Thanks for the years of good informed discussion so far, since the forum’s inception, whatever your future plans are. Many people have been helped by information from the old forum.
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My posts are out of order again so they make little sense if you just read down the page. So I’ll reply directly to the last one so it will stay in order.
Here is a page on the ACHQC web site that seems to describe what we, the patients, need. Unfortunately, everyone involved in the hernia repair business has a vested interest in not changing. The surgeons have many patients behind them that have the mesh that they chose and if they change to a new mesh or new method the patients can reasonably ask “what was wrong with the one you used on me?”
The device makers have millions of dollars in marketing promotions and also potential liability from lawsuits if they change. The patient can reasonably ask “if you knew that the product had problems why didn’t you tell me before my surgeon used it on me?”
All that’s left is to make the information freely (free is the key) available to patients who are trying to be informed about the dangerous surgery that they need.
The ACHQC implies that this collected information will soon be available. I have to imagine though that the sponsors, the device makers supplying the funding, will be nervous about what is shown. I wouldn’t be surprised if the specificity is dumbed down to all mesh products lumped together in to broad categories like “light weight” and “standard” mesh. What the patient needs is the brand names: 3D Max, Progrip, Ovitex, etc. So they can see the actual results and make a choice, just like buying a set of tires or a microwave.
It will be interesting to see how things develop. So far, the ACHQC is just a group of surgeons under the purview of the device makers, saying “we’re trying to make things better”. Without specific numbers though, the effort is of little use. I think also, that the whole thing could just be another research tool, plus promotion of mesh devices. It could just be a facade.</font>
“Public Reporting Public Reporting of ACHQC Data
COMING SOON
123,398 Enrolled Patients
462 Participating Surgeons”
https://achqc.org/data/public-reporting
