[John C]

As a satisfied customer of BioHernia and Dr Wiese I would just like to add that there are a lot of misleading statements and ill informed conjecture in the above thread.

Yes BioHernia is just an agent. They work I believe with 3 surgeons, Koch, Wiese and Muschaweck. Each of these operates in their own practice in a different location.

If you go to BioHernia you will have control over who you see, and what treatment you have, they just assist in setting it all up. Presumably they get a commission.

No doubt you can also go direct to your chosen Dr to arrange things if you want to.

Rather than posting ill informed speculation here I suggest, and indeed recommend, that anyone who is interested picks up the phone and talks to Naholm at BioHernia. I fould him very helpful and informative.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by  John C.

[John C]

OK – final report from me. Now 5 weeks post op and I am feeling 100% normal, doing everything just as I was before with no pain or inhibited movement. I am completely satisfied with my treatment.

On the financial side I have had my claim for costs approved by the NHS, so that is a nice bonus.

One thing to correct. Some of the information I posted above was cut and pasted from the pre-filled form I was sent to help me claim the costs back from the NHS. All the info on the form was generic to Dr Wiese, apart from the the following which was obviously left over from another patient.

Operation performed in day surgery setting. Mesh Free Bilateral Shouldice Repair with neurolysis of the inguinal Nerves (Ileoinguinalis, Ileohypogastricus and Genitofemoralis) and restoration of the inguinal floor with a fascia flap so ignore all that.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by  John C.

[John C]

I believe the cremaster muscle was not cut, in my research prior to the operation it was refered to as a ‘modified shouldice’, as cutting the cremaster muscle was found in practice to have no advantage.

On the prefilled form Biohernia gave me to reclaim the cost from the NHS the operation was described as follows.
“Operation performed in day surgery setting. Mesh Free Bilateral Shouldice Repair with neurolysis of the inguinal Nerves (Ileoinguinalis, Ileohypogastricus and Genitofemoralis) and restoration of the inguinal floor with a fascia flap”

In my post op report from Dr Wiese it was described as follows: Herniotomie shoouldice repair 4 rows Prolene 2×0. No sutures to remove”

[John C]

Yes, that’s him.

[John C]

I am 12 days post op for a repair by Dr Wiese. He seems to have a very low profile on this forum, and the internet gererally, but my experience has been very positive. He says he does 400 shouldice repairs per annum, and has been doing that for 20 years. He claims to have a a failure rate of less than 1%.

My recovery has been quick and easy, with little pain. So highly recommended I will do a full write up soon.