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Hi Watchful.
Do you have a link for your assertion that Canada does not require poison injection for entrance? Last I read even Canadian CItizens could not even travel on airlines or leave the Country w/out “vaccination”.

Did you see the recent video by Dr. Towfigh and Sbayi posted on this board and commented extensively here? Sounded great until…[Read more]

Thanks to Mark especially for the link to Kang’s website.

Sure, there could be many good reasons for sbayi to have left Stony Brook, if that is what happened. But there is no good reason not to notify this board of which he has been an active participant and to not even have his secretary respond except with an “on vacation” auto reply.…[Read more]

This is my second attempt to reply to you Mark, the first being blocked by that infamous net censor cloudflare run by admins who don’t know what they are doing. They cannot tell the difference between users and bots. They’re bot phobic and incompetent.

Ok I forgot type this on notepad so I will have to repeat type it here.

What you’re saying is…[Read more]

Chuck the bulk of the review research on this is on the side of cognitive decline. There are a few studies that say it does not happen but most say it does. Elderly are particularly at risk especially from gen. anesthesia. But my original question remains unanswered.

To Watchful, you are not alone, without giving personal identifiable info on the…[Read more]

May I know where did you find reviews on Dr. Kang. Is he in Seoul? Any contact info?
Did you happen to read the post here about the problems communicating with him and his assistant?

Honestly, I have to say he does not sound so ridiculous to me. I too have had a hard time finding a top notch surgeon such that I went with watchful waiting for like 15 years. But what they don’t tell you is your hernia is likely to get worse with complications. True strangulation is pretty uncommon tho, but when it happens you better have surgery…[Read more]

Thank you Mark for your reply and I agree. Problem is I have researched all USA surgeons mentioned here and ALL had credible serious complaints by supposed patients at healthgrades. Gross mistakes. I think the one that had the least number of complaints if you ignore complaints about her being money hungry was Dr. Towfigh. Just the fact that she…[Read more]

This is one reason why I have delayed fixing my hernias for so long: inability to find a really good surgeon who would do it local. Before I wanted no mesh, but I am reassessing the problem of reoccurrence which I now think may be more likely that reported from Desarda. Remember Desarda was a MASTER surgeon. You just have to watch his videos to…[Read more]

I tried emailing his supposed secretary Theresa and got an auto reply from back in august. Apparently she is not attending her email over august-sept. Unprofessional imo. Also I found out Sbayi previously to he recent video here, was not noted for specializing in hernia surgery but other kinds of surgery. Also he went to medical school in, get…[Read more]

Still no word from Dr. Towfigh nor Dr. Sbayi about where he disappeared to? Did he get fired or did he quit?

I remember the DeSarda video. 80’s yr old patient. Asked to cough after completion of surgery to check the repair. So he was fully awake. Honestly the USA sedation you describe is unacceptable to me, it’s almost the same as general anesthesia. Neurologists up on the research will tell you this is destructive to the brain especially in old…[Read more]

Thanks again so much Watchful. It’s been several years since I researched Desarda surgeons. Apparently more have
joined the group. That other surgeon whose video interview was impressive and came with patient recommendations here was Dr. Sbayi out of Stony Brook, Long Island (not suny sorry). But post as of this month says he is no longer with
his…[Read more]

Thanks to all for the good replies. I am in a third world city that is not noted for high quality medical care and I am having trouble getting honest information from some of the “professionals” here. In reference to Watchful’s reply “midazolam (also known as Versed – it’s a benzo sedative) and fentanyl (opioid analgesic) in addition to the loc…[Read more]

ok thanks for that reply. I can’t go to Canada and even if I could I would not :-). Yeah I did not know that sedation was the norm thanks. Neurologists will tell you anytime you put the brain to sleep, even sedation, you’re damaging the brain.

worldpeace, how did you determine 3 and 4?: “3. For a small percentage of patients, the LA nerve block may cause a temporary numbness of the leg due to it affecting the motor nerves and hence cause difficulty in walking on the surgery day.
4. For LA, the overall surgery time may take longer by another 20 minutes or so since the doctor has to do…[Read more]