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As Wim said, hep A and B are good to get and the sooner the better, as B can be 2-3 doses spaced apart. Can’t remember re A.

If you haven’t had a BCG jab (TB), then that’s advisable also, along with being up to date with covid and flu jabs.

Check with your GP to make sure you’re up to date with MMR and tetanus and also for costs as some ja…[Read more]

Dr Joachim Conze of the Munich Hernia Centre offers a tailored approach based on ultrasounds he conducts himself and what is uncovered during surgery.

He specialises in Shouldice repairs and can do Desarda also.

He used to work with Dr Ulrike Muschaweck at the Munich Hernia centre, I believe, before taking over. Costs appear much higher than…[Read more]

Simon Bailey in the UK offers Shouldice repairs privately and has done for many years, albeit it isn’t his main specialism.

A google will find his details.

Mr Duncan Light, UK NHS, offers Desarda repairs when requested, albeit mainly specialises in lap mesh surgery.

He’s listed on the Desarda website as a surgeon offering the Desarda repair as are many other surgeons from around the world and a google will no doubt bring up additional contact info.

Dr Ulrike Muschaweck can be contacted separately also and a quick google will locate contact details.

Dr Muschaweck is well known internationally for treating famous football (soccer) players and is apparently in her 70’s now.

Biohernia mainly offer treatment by Dr. Andreas Koch in Cottbus and Dr. Martin Wiese in Frankfurt (both in Germany)

Many thanks for your reply to my questions Ezzy, much appreciated!

As Good Intentions kindly suggested in another post, if you search Desarda in the forums search box it brings up numerous pages of previous posts where Desarda repairs have been mentioned, including (and mainly so far from the ones I’ve read) a number of people who talked about having major issues after treatment at the US Desarda clinic with t…[Read more]

Hi Ezzy,

Thanks for sharing and great to hear you’ve had a positive outcome.

Would you be happy to share:
– Where you had your surgery, who the surgeon was and what the costs were?

– Did you have surgery under general or local anaesthetic and if local, were you awake or heavily sedated?

– Were the sutures used for your repair absorbable or p…[Read more]

Happy New Year @DrTowfigh.

And a Happy New Year to everyone who posts on here.

I really appreciate this forum, I think it’s really important for those of us who want/need to debate, enquire and learn more about all things hernia related.

All the best for 2022 everyone.

I agree with your points about UK non-mesh expertise and there actually seems to be very limited specialist non-mesh hernia repair expertise worldwide, sadly.

Re Peter Jones, I tried to contact him, but was unable to, which led me to Simon Bailly, who I believe trained under him, but I’m not 100% on that. I’ve spoken with his secretary, but she…[Read more]

I agree with you Alephy. I stopped all lifting and strenuous activity to begin with, but began to build back up slowly and once told by consultants not to restrict myself, I’ve gone back to normal, more or less.

It makes sense that there’s more discomfort towards the end of the day. Before I lost weight, I would get slight discomfort after sit…[Read more]

And the Desarda repair is a third option to consider as well isn’t it?

I might be wrong, but I think Pinto may have been referring to Scarletville from the UK, who recently posted about his experience in Germany with regard to ‘local anaesthesia and conscious sedation’ – https://herniatalk.com/forums/topic/german-covid-19-restrictions/

Although…[Read more]

Hi William,

I’ve spoken with two hernia specialists who are/were on the European Hernia Society Board and they said you don’t need to do anything differently or stop doing anything when you have an inguinal hernia, unless it causes you pain/discomfort and that includes lifting, running etc etc.

I haven’t taken that literally as I’d rather not…[Read more]

Hi William,

I’m in the UK with a right sided hernia also. I’ve been told mine is inguinal but from my experience, they don’t appear to do ultrasounds as standard here (I was told it wasn’t necessary) so little attention is paid to whether a hernia is direct or indirect. I’d be interested to hear if your experience is different…[Read more]

As lasted from Wikipedia, ‘the cremaster muscle is a thin layer of striated muscle found in the inguinal canal and scrotum between the external and internal layers of spermatic fascia, surrounding the testis and spermatic cord. The cremaster muscle is a paired structure, there being one on each side of the body.’

It’s basically the muscle which…[Read more]

It may have changed, but my understanding is that costs are somewhere in the region of £6,500 or so for a single primary hernia repair including consultations with Dr Muschaweck.

I also understand that Dr Conze locates and isolates the nerves during a primary surgery so as not to damage them, but I don’t know how this is done. He also does no…[Read more]

Thanks for the details. Going from your previous posts, was this with a Desarda repair done in Germany?

How is your recovery so far?

Thanks

This study from Turkey in 2008 (including suture images) shows excellent results from a Comparison of Modified Darn Repair and Lichtenstein Repair of Primary Inguinal Hernias, with no recurrences in the darn group over an average follow up time of 56 months, vs 0.6% recurrences in the Lichtenstein group. Post-op complications were 1.9% (darn…[Read more]