Jack2021

Hi Dr Towfigh,

Hope all’s good with you.

I’m very interested to see your Hernia Talk Q&A with Dr Ulrike Muschaweck.

I won’t be able to watch live though I’ll definitely watch the recording when you post it on YouTube.

Would it be possible to ask Dr Muschaweck about the following please:

– How she performs the Shouldice repair, includi…[Read more]

Great links to the video and comment Good intentions, thanks.

Here’s a link to the comment – https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journal/shouldice-hospital-comments-on-shouldice-standard-2020-review-of-JkkEjJj2yQ?key=springer

Hi Watchful,

Reassuring that the Shouldice hospital will listen to patient requests for specific surgeons, albeit without promising. I guess you’d have to be politely assertive on arrival that you’d only see whoever you’d enquired about. A longer the list of acceptable surgeons would hopefully raise the odds of getting one.

Thanks for repos…[Read more]

Personally, I’ve found the patient.info site to be a poor resource vs this site, so echoing the points above, credit to @drtowfigh. Please do keep this site going @drtowfigh, it’s such a great resource and hopefully more surgeons with an interest in hernias will join, as I think they too would get a lot out of it that could inform their own practice.

Re your point about not being able to select a surgeon at the Shouldice Hospital, Watchful, it would be interesting to know what the hospital’s response would be to an enquiry from a paying patient explaining that they’re travelling a long distance and would like to be treated by either a specific surgeon, or say one of a selection of two or thr…[Read more]

I agree and hopefully @drtowfigh will be able to have it reinstated.

I checked my history as well and it also said oops, this page is no longer available.

It was such an interesting and valuable thread, so fingers crossed it reappears soon.

If it helps @drtowfigh, Mr Sea started the thread with a write up of his experience with Dr Sbayi.

Dr Towfigh also offers a Shouldice repair, following the traditional method I believe, having recently watched her Hernia Talk with Dr Yunis from a couple of years ago, so another potential option for the US list. Please correct me if I’m wrong @drtowfigh.

If I decided to have a Shouldice repair and cost wasn’t an issue, I think I’d curre…[Read more]

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]