Mike M

@MeshorNot

Dr. Kang is a “named” surgeon and just as credible and is respected as of the best of the best. You are ignoring the weight of a doctor of his caliber holds in this specific field. I accept the fact the other doctors are equally as credible in their respected specialties in regards to hernia repair surgery, anatomy, and understanding.…[Read more]

@good intentions

Good memory!

One of my personal preferences was not to be “exposed” around female staff during the process unless it was an emergency situation. No issue with women participating or being a part of the surgery outside of the exposure preference. It was a non-issue at most of the facilities I called to inquire with the exception…[Read more]

@MeshorNot

My repair was for a direct hernia.

We as patients do not need to know more than the surgeons about hernia repair. We just need to know enough to make an informed decision on each procedure, facility, and doctor based on our own individual circumstances and requirements. Although I did not consult with every doctor you mentioned – I…[Read more]

#1. Chronic Pain – Dr. Kang’s statistics are fantastic if you are applying the same metric that the other research papers and Hernia doctors apply. They discard pain below a certain threshold completely. Dr. Kang is fully transparent and released the information no matter how insignificant or probably it could or could not be tracked to the repair…[Read more]

#1. I like your idea of checking out reputable doctors that are accessible (if you live in the US) who have experience in all Mesh and Open Tissue. I still think there might be a bias towards one or the other regardless and same with doctors who only do no-mesh repairs.

#2. I would add to visit a no-mesh repair expert and see what they advise…[Read more]

@MeshorNot

Again – there have been countless successful no mesh hernia repairs that have lasted a lifetime in extremely *active* adults and even professional athletes.

That does not mean it is for every one, this does not mean it has a lower recurrence rate than certain mesh procedures, or possibly even chronic pain rate. We can debate that…[Read more]

Respectfully, Dr. Harris is wrong if that statement is accurate. As I said in a previous post there have been millions of successful open tissue no mesh repairs that have lasted a lifetime with people that have an active lifestyle. I evaluated many doctors prior to surgery with varying opinions quoting various research studies. Dr. Kang has…[Read more]

@JHawley

I am following my doctor’s (Dr. Kang) guidance regarding life after no mesh tissue repair which is essentially “no” restrictions. I either trust him or I don’t. If I don’t then I should have never went to him to begin with for the repair. All the obsessive compulsive noise regarding outside numbers, stats, anecdotal evidence (in this…[Read more]

I am the opposite of Watchful. I believe in modifying the wheel to the point of diminishing returns. Keep researching and developing the best way possible to gradually improve on the previous technique and method.

Do this process in the safest and most ethical way using all the knowledge, research, and technology at our disposal that wasn’t…[Read more]

Considering how many tissue repairs were done before Mesh, when Mesh was not the “gold standard”, and even today. The fact is there are literally millions of people who had no mesh repairs that are successful? over the last 80 years.

Was reoccurrence more likely based on the type of no mesh repair? The doctor ? The patient type? All are…[Read more]

That is great news Ivan. Cheers to a permanent healthy repair!

I am going on 18 months with my Dr. Kang repair.

No issues so far and I started lifting pretty heavy again about 2 months ago.

Keep us updated.

There is a recent review on here. It is mixed. I had a consult with him and I ultimately went with Dr. Kang.

#1. I went from 0 (no hernia) to a 7 in pain with direct hernia in matter of 4-6 weeks.

#2. Sooner / younger I did it I felt I had better chance to recover completely.

#3. There was someone I found that I felt could resolve all my linger doubts with the this type of operation and thankfully I was correct – Dr. Kang

I was never a fan of either because of easy of injury. I have done both but I have also seen many a friend from high school to present with linger issues as a result of simple mistakes, slightly bad technique, or even going a tad bit too heavy.

Kettlebell swings is my current replacement at the moment.

@G I haven’t started grappling back up. Not sure how I am going to be able to get around some heavy lateral stress when I start. Probably just have to go real light and just go through the motions. Muay Thai I punch with my hips but its not that extreme. I don’t throw right hooks which is probably a good thing in terms of a big twist motion. I’ll…[Read more]

@G Thanks for the advice. I am glad to hear you are doing well with your repair too. The biggest thing I do which is probably not the smartest is a lot of strenuous outside work and lifting huge conduit reels for my workers at work. I am going to try and be smarter about that going forward.

@William Bryant If Kang wasn’t available I would have…[Read more]

Shouldice – Cremaster stump / shave, perhaps overkill, higher chance for chronic pain over Dr. Kang imho, Shouldice doctors are limited in numbers (not sure who I would even have used or who would have admitted me for this procedure). Pros: Been around for a long time. Millions with good results? Lots of data.

Desarda – Read some bad stories…[Read more]

@Oceanic – Mainly because I was being overly cautious / paranoid. I think I did a disservice to myself to some extent because of the gained weight during that period by waiting.

@Good Intentions – I still have a strong belief that my extreme self-inflicted coughing is what caused it originally. Could there have been a small tear previously and…[Read more]

Dr. Kang is the best in regards to pure tissue repairs.