SickofPain!
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quote drtowfigh:Use of permanent sutures are standard of care
for hernia repair, especially pure tissue repair . It would not be evidence based to say they should never have been there in the first place.When it is stated that absorbable stitches are used…..permanent stitches should NOT be there.
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Dr Tomas uses internal permanent stitches, not dissolvable like he says. I had permanent inside of me and they made me so sick.
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quote dog:In your post today you asked about Dr. Tomas’ patented suturing. I had surgery on September 7 with Dr. Tomas for a ventral hernia with an umbilical component. The defect was about the size of a dime. If I understood Dr. Tomas correctly, he used 3 layers of suturing. These run up and back creating a vertical mattress. This part of the suturing is not patentable. He has another component to his suturing and that part is what he hopes to patent. As a potential patient I would believe he would disclose this to you. The sutures he used are Ethibond. I was told by an assistant that the repair was tension free.
Wishing you a good recovery. All the best.
Hi kcm Please let us know what Dr. Tomas you are referring to ?
The ethibond sutures are permanent. They will not dissolve. Hopefully you will not react to them like I did.I got very, very sick. I had to have the sutures removed. I was told I would have dissolvable stitches, but they were wrapped so tight around my oblique muscle I was in misery for almost 2 years because could get them out. I never even had a hernia either. Two surgeries for no reason. What a nightmare.
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quote ssonic99:Thank you. Still waiting, but in the mean time, I must say there has been some improvement. I took the hernia truss off for an entire weekend and did not experience the symptoms previously discussed. Pain is a strange beast. This pain had gone on for 3 years before the hernia was finally diagnosed and I got it repaired. Outside of the muscle tissue still developing and scar tissue, could the nerves in that area developed a memory of this pain since it went on for so long?
how can i person post here?
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Dr Robert Tomas told me I had a hernia, but I did not. He claims he does the Desarda technique which uses no mesh, but a true Desrada uses dissolvable internal stitches. Tomas opened me up two separate times because he said he missed it the first time. Then he sewed up my oblique muscle so tight with PERMANENT STITCHES and I was in agony during the surgery. I could not take a deep breath for almost two years. I ended up having to search for a surgeon that would reverse what he did and remove those awful stitches. It was a brutal surgery because the stitches had shredded my muscle. I can finally breathe now. I went through 2 years of hell for nothing. I had no hernia. What he said was a hernia is still there.I got very sick from those stitches because my body was fighting them and it turned into big granulomas. You should see the mess they took out of me. It was awful. I am now scarred and deformed. My bikini days are gone!! I will always be weak now from all the damage that was done by those sutures cutting into my muscle.
Be careful. Ask a lot of questions
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quote ssonic99:This is what I’ve been thinking. I can’t find anybody who wrote reviews and journaled their Desarda Repair recovery online that talked about this kind of pain with varying bowel movements months after surgery. I sent an email out Dr Tomas’s assistant and patient liaison inquiring about this, this morning. Being that it’s Sunday, I probably will not hear anything until tomorrow at the earliest. I’m here in NJ, but basically would need a script for the scan. I hope it’s not a recurrence. I don’t have another $3,500 plus travel expenses to do it again. Actually his price increased this year I think to $3,750. My insurance only reimbursed me a little over $800 since he is cash payment only.
I had a surgery by Dr Tomas. It was for a hernia repair, but I did not even have a hernia, so I was cut open twice for no reason. Second surgery was so painful I could not take a deep breath for almost 2 years until I finally had someone reverse all that Dr Tomas did. It was a nightmare. I would never let him work on me again. My body is a mess right now. It made my pre-exiting back issues so much worse, too. The tension was so tight I could do no physical activity. Then I got really sick from the reaction my body was having from the permanent stitches he used when he was suppose to use dissolvable. I was very angry and upset when I found out he used permanent stitches. A true Desarda uses dissolvable stitches. That is what he was suppose to use on me. I had to have third surgery to reverse all that Dr Tomas did to me. It has been a nightmare for 2 long years for me. I feel like I have been beat to death. I also got an autoimmune disorder test later that came back positive for Lupus SLE. I was never diagnosed with that before surgery. The suture materials is the same stuff they use in the mesh. You should see what they took out of me trying to fix the mess that Tomas did to me. It was a brutal surgery, but I am better now and I can finally breath now that those awful stitches are gone that never should have been there on the first place.
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Why is my post unapproved?
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quote kaspa:Lets be frank, nothing here seems to discredit the surgery. Nothing tells the hernia isn’t cured so far and pain existed before surgery, so it’s not a surgery complication. Simply it didn’t disappear except for a few weeks post-op, which is a pity. IMO pain is a complex subject unfortunately and it won’t be easy to know what exactly must be done.
I wish ssonic99 all the best and a speedy recovery.
Dr Tomas will do as he pleases and does not tell the whole story of what he is doing.The internal sutures for a true Desarda are supposed to be dissolvable. Do you know if yours are permanent or dissolvable? If they are permanent, you can be getting pain from them because of the too tight tension they cause and also inflammation from the foreign body left inside of you. inflammation from that causes a lot of pain. It is MISERABLE.