[Spoonman]

Thanks for your response GI. Your continued input and discussion throughout the forum is appreciated. This may be ignorant, but I am unsure my hernia is direct or indirect (my specialist did not advise at the time)

I’m sure like many users on this forum, it is very easy to get bogged down in uncertainty when it comes to making such an important (effetively life-long) decision like surgery. Easy to overthink – but somehow that is still better than ‘underthinking’ 🙂

[Spoonman]

Hi – Thanks for your replies.

Yes – I am aware of Dr Garvey. He is well-respected but his preferred method “Darn” is seldom used, and does not appear in many studies etc. This is not to say it is ineffective only that Desarda sounds like it preferred by more surgeons.
In response to Good Intentions – I am 40ish, in reasonable health (slim build).
Dr Kang sounds great (I have been to the Gypsum hospital website) but I do not even know what his method is called?

But returning to my original question – I just need some independent guidance on which non-mesh repairs. FYI – Shouldice is out for me.
Thanks
SP