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I think that the article just shows what’s been known across any business with a large revenue stream. The money takes precedence over the original goals once there is enough flowing. Keep the revenue stream flowing..
Even the societies are getting caught up in making money as having priority over patient welfare. They’re mimicking popular get-rich-quick television shows.
Shark Tank. As the popular saying of the day goes, when looking at something that exists but is not-quite-right – “It is what it is”.
“As is typical of SAGES meetings, we expect to have a lot of FUN! <strong style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>Surgical Family Feud is back with our emcee, Dr. Ross Goldberg at the helm. We have our beloved <strong style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>Shark Tank competition and have added the <strong style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>Pup Cup for all of those inventors out there who are early in the development (did you know baby sharks are called pups?).”
From their brochure –
“Don’t Miss the Chance to Win $30,000
Another reminder that the Shark Tank 2024 application deadline is fast approaching. Don’t wait; go here to apply today!
This year’s finalists will present both their idea and supporting business model to the Shark Tank judges at the SAGES annual meeting in Cleveland, April 18, 2024. All semi-finalists will present in person at the NBT Innovation Weekend, February 23, 2024 in Houston–and will have an opportunity to receive funding through SINC, a digital investment platform powered by Varia Ventures that allows fellow SAGES members to invest in their idea. In addition, the winner will also receive the $30,000 first prize.
For questions or inquiries regarding Shark Tank, please contact Julie Miller at julie@sages.org.
*SAGES 2024 Shark Tank is not affiliated with Shark Tank (Sony Pictures Television Inc.) “
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I can’t reply to my own post so this will probably end up out of order.
Here is the actual list of “Surgeons of Quality”. Many of the big names are missing, but there are several that are recognizable.
One thing that comes out of the description of the program is that there is no mention of improving things for the patient. Calling out bad products for example. In the end it’s just another Certificate of Completion of taking a course and agreeing to supply data to the database. The database itself is still closed to the public. When they open up the data so that future patients can see which products and methods give the best results then it will have real value.
p.s. if you click “Remove Preview” then scroll down and post quickly the large annoying image will not show. You have to be quick though.
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Thanks for the shout-out William. The ACHQC certainly seems like a good faith effort to make things better. But if you dig in to the details you find that there is not much substance there. Maybe things will improve as time goes on. This new “<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>Verified Surgeon of Quality” <font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”>program seems like more of a club that surgeons join, making a commitment to collect data and participate in the ACHQC meetings. And, of course, the corporate money is looming over it all, all device-focused. I’ll add some of the specific links </font>below<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”> and pull out some material.</font>
<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”>It </font>reminds<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”> me that one of the reason I chose my </font>implantation<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”> surgeon was </font>because<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”> he was part of a group that was offering training and certification in laparoscopic methods. Take the training course, get a certificate. It was active at the time but I think that it has faded away.</font>
https://www.prweb.com/releases/Abdominal_Core_Health_Quality_Collaborative_Celebrates_Hernia_Awareness_Month_With_New_Verified_Surgeon_of_Quality_Program/prweb19370242.htm#!<font color=”rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)” face=”inherit”>
</font>“ACHQC Verified Surgeons of Quality demonstrate a commitment to consistent entry of data in the ACHQC Registry and participation in ACHQC’s continuous quality improvement programs including the annual ACHQC QI Summit. Importantly, patients recognize that surgeons who focus on optimizing hernia surgical outcomes can provide an enhanced level of care.
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Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative programs are supported by Foundation Partners Medtronic, BD-Bard, Integra LifeSciences, TELA Bio, Allergan Aesthetics, Ethicon, Inc., and W.L. Gore.”
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Here is a link to the table of data.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10029-023-02919-4/tables/3
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Purpose To examine updated evidence on the efficacy and safety of mesh non-fixation in patients undergoing laparo-endoscopic repair of groin hernias. Methods We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Library, Embase, ClinicalTrials. gov, and ICTRP databases to identify randomized controlled trials. The … Continue reading
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Who is your surgeon?
Never heard of stoma being a risk.
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A perspective about the new site – “Beverly Hills Hernia Center” is front and center on the main HerniaTalk page, it’s the very first item on the News Feed. When a new person finds the HerniaTalk web site and browses around they will get an impression of how the Center works. The quality of the web site reflects directly on the quality of the Center. In other words, if the site doesn’t work correctly, does the Center itself?
I hate to be constantly critical, but it is one of those realities of the internet. The new format is basically an advertisement for the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. Something to consider.
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I just had a communication from dev that the way the site is working now is the way that Dr. Towfigh wants it. Just daily “News Feed” stuff. Apparently the thread type Discussion format is secondary. Which might explain why it still does not work correctly. It doesn’t matter. So, no more deep discussions about best methods or best surgeons. Just random postings on the News Feed.
Oh well. It was good while it lasted. But maybe the discussions just weren’t relaying the desired message.
I got in to the scene with my hernia repair just as the mesh problem wave started to crest. I saw all of the problems develop, and the lawsuits grow, and the various individuals like Dr. Heniford, who saw the problems and tried to develop tools to help solve them, like registries to identify bad products, and also saw the other powerful individuals like Dr. Voeller, who said the problems were too well-established and there was no way to go back. Mesh, with its problems, is here to stay, from the surgeon who got a Shouldice non-mesh repair.
Now things have settled down to a new normal where the individual patient is aware that they should be afraid if they need a hernia repair, but told that they’ll have to make their own decision on how to avoid the numerous pitfalls as they try to get healed.
Interesting times to be a patient who needs surgery. Who can you trust?
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This will probably still show up in the middle of the thread so if you click the title you’ll have to search upwards to try to find it.
Does anyone out there understand multi-district litigation, class actions, and global settlements? The latest news is that there is discussion about a global settlement. I assume that this only pays out to people that have signed up to be a part of a larger group. Individuals should still be able to sue based on their own individual cases. that seems like the right way, but it might not be the legal way.
Anyway, here is the latest, from November 18th.
>NOVEMBER 18, 2023: STATUS CONFERENCE SET FOR HERNIA MESH CLASS ACTION MDL LAWSUIT
After the latest bellwether trial resulted in a $500,000 verdict for the Plaintiff, the class-action MDL (which houses the majority of the cases) is set for a status conference on January 16, 2024. While the case is not technically a “class-action” it does share many similarities. The conference will likely discuss the next steps for the case, including the possibility of a global settlement, of the need for another bellwether trial. The defendant (C.R. Bard) and lawyers for the Plaintiff’s will be present to give Judge Sargus an update on the possible direction and next steps.”
https://www.robertkinglawfirm.com/personal-injury/hernia-mesh-lawsuit/
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Hernia Mesh Lawsuit - November 2023 Settlement Updates | King Law
Hernia mesh lawsuits have been filed by individuals that have suffered severe injuries following a failed mesh implant operation. Talk with a lawyer today.
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I just tried to refer somebody to my Timeline page so that they could look up some of my old posts. But I forgot that the Timeline page shows posts that have nothing at all to do with the Timeline of the person.
The best way to find old posts from certain people is to use Google. Type in “site:herniatalk.com” and the search terms and Google will find them. Good luck people.
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Edit – it didn’t work. This post should be at the end of the thread, but it is here instead, buried.
Edit 2 – I checked the date on each thread and made a list.
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Hello again. I am experimenting with the way I post to see if it has an effect. In this post I scrolled all the way to the bottom of the thread, placed my cursor in the bottom post, and clicked the red Reply button on the upper right. This window opened and I am typing in it.
I also clicked on the “Learn WordPress” link in the menu to the upper left and did a search on their Support page. It appears the sorting problem is not uncommon. Maybe there is an answer there.
https://wordpress.org/search/sorting+posts/
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Hello @dev @Carmen_Calvo
I hope that you are still researching how to make the forum work as a forum should. As it sits now, the Discussion page is essentially unreadable. There is no sense to the order of new posts, They’re not backward or alphabetical. They’re just randomly sprinkled through the other posts.
If you could fix that problem first that would be huge. There is no way to have something resembling a conversation now, unless the forum member only uses the News Feed like they would a Twitter feed. Except that the Twitter feed would have every members posts combined on one page. And there is no way to “Retweet”.
Good luck. As many have pointed out there must be a solution. There are probably forum members who know how to get it done also. I assume that the software is WordPress software? If one of us took the time to learn WordPress, could we offer suggestions?
If the status quo is acceptable please let us know that also. Does the original goal of the forum still apply? It’s hard to understand what is going on.
Thanks.
https://herniatalk.com/about-herniatalk/
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You seem a lot like a former HerniaTalk member.
There are are 95 pages on HerniaTalk that refer to mesh removal. I would read through those. Nothing has changed for decades, except that there are more surgeons doing mesh removal today.
Good luck.
https://herniatalk.com/forums/search/mesh+removal/
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By who? The hospital or surgeon. The name.
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Where was the repair performed?
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Another update from one of the MDL news pages. 300 cases per month added, on average since the beginning of the year. That is a lot of money out the door for the device makers if the settlement numbers are large. Might be worthwhile to invest some R&D money in to a better mesh product. Pay the scientists instead of the attorneys.
https://www.millerandzois.com/products-liability/hernia-mesh-case-value/
“November 17, 2023: MDL Adds 400 New Cases
Another 400 new cases were added to the Bard hernia mesh MDL over the last 30 days. There are now 20,768 plaintiffs in this hernia mesh MDL. Since the start of 2023, the Bard hernia mesh MDL has averaged over 300 new cases each month.”
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Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Settlement Compensation Payouts
Our hernia mesh lawyers seek new clients suffering severe side effects from these defective products. Over 20,000 hernia mesh lawsuits have been filed. Three hernia mesh device lawsuits have gone ...
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Can’t see any updates on the main page unless I sign in. Any non-member who finds the site will just see a spinning wheel.
Replying specifically to the last post on the list so that this post will be easy to find.
Good luck.
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That would be one. “Cal” is asking about risk. That requires many.
Cal looks a lot like a Chuck doppelganger. Simple question, no background, pick a worst case, make a post. I think that is how he fills his time now and that many of the new members are just clones. All you have to do is read them once and the essence of Chuck oozes out. He does not respond either. The point is to cause fear and confusion. It’s a thing in today’s internet world.
This post is a reply to William’s comment about Dr. Yunis. It will probably end up in a random place in thread with no indication of context.
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That is good news roger555. Thanks for following up.