[Victim73]

Dear Dr. Brown, Dr. Towfigh and other friends.
A urology doctor in my country did a spermatic cord block. After this procedure pubic hair area got numb. During ejaculation i didnt feel any pain.
Dr want to perform spermatic cord denervation. The denervation area is near the testicle (as i see). But my problem is at the deep inguinal ring.
it confused me. dr is very busy and i couldnt ask questions. İs there cases spermatic cord denervation is done at the deep inguinal ring level ???
my pain is in the groin. I received triple neuroctomy and my mesh was removed. Now i have big scar tissue inside. I have ejaculation pain in the groin……

[Victim73]

Same same same… After 4 months inguinal hernia surgery i started to feel o pain in my troids and now they are not working. Now i have hipotroid. My joints started to produce pain and all of my blood tess were normal….

İ am sory to say that mesh removal is not a good choice. After 5 months big scar tissue formed and it also create same problems and more pain.

İf You remove mesh, scar tissue formed. …… İt is more problematic…..

[Victim73]

Dear DrBrown, Dr. Towfigh and good intentions and other friends.
My pain doctor performed an ilioinguinal nerve block near iliac crest and it didnt helped. After this attempt, he performed another inguinal block and targeted 3 nerves in the inguinal region and also it didnt helped.

He concluded that, those 3 nerves are not the source nerves. He didnt injected anything into the spermatic cord. This week i will ask for cord block.

What i want to ask is…… can nerves in the spermatic cord or around vas deference muscles create pain in groin? Are they related?? İ dont have testicular pain. Just pain in groin.
İ feel pain during daily activities, during aurosal and ejaculation. ??
İ am in deep depression……………………..

[Victim73]

Pulsed RF ablation of nerves are Done by pain doctors. They send low heat pulsed impulses to the nerves with the help of needdles . İt is less invasive. Unfortunatelly it is not permanent. They disturb the pain signals. Please write pulsed RF ablation on the Google.

[Victim73]

Have You consider pulsed radio frequency????

[Victim73]

Mesh removal creates New huge scar tissue. Scar tissue nerve contact creates pain. Scar tissue is like mesh. Hard, dense and durable. During surgery You may disturb or damage new nerves. After 10 months You will experience New issues due to scar formations. You May damage vas deference or other structures. İf You damage Your vas deference then there is no solution. Testicular pain can be come. Etc etc etc .
my vas deference is damaged. İf it is removed most likely i will have vasoctomy pain. İf my testicle removed i will get phantom pain…. No solution……

[Victim73]

My first hernia operation………………… December 2016
ejaculation pain started……………. ……August 2017
Mesh completely removed .. ……… november 2017
Ejaculation pain started again……. ….April 2018
Daily chronic pain started……………….April 2018
Steam cell injection in to the groin……..january 2019
Steam cell didnt give relief.

My mesh removed completely. İ dont know method of removal. The surgeon performed several mesh removal surgeries. He cut ilioinguinal and genitofemoral nerves ( genital brunch).
İnitial hernia surgery; light mesh was placed. Open and there was no plug. İ dont know direct o r indirect hernia.

A pain specialist offer to apply pulsed RF to L1 and L2. İ want to ask, does it give relief…??
thanks for replies…..

[Victim73]

quote Damien10:

Has anyone experienced such?

I am suffering minimum symptoms after months of discomfort.

Mainly a tugging feeling during ejaculation etc. Ultrasound and examination showed no recurrence.

I am really worried about my spermatic chord being restricted.

Does anyone have any information regarding this occurence?

It is dsyejaculation…. Due to entrapment of Vas deference by mesh….

[Victim73]

quote Arkj93:

Hello everyone, and thank you for taking the time to read my post.

My name is AJ and I am a 26 y.o male who had a left inguinal laparoscopic (TEP) hernia repair with Parietex polyester mesh in May of 2018 at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island. I found this forum shortly after I had my hernia surgery, but I have only posted a couple of times here. This forum has been a blessing for me as I feel connected to the others who have shared their stories here. As far as my original hernia goes, I was told it was small, about the size of a dime, but it was causing me some pain and discomfort in the groin and lower abdomen. I don’t know exactly what caused the hernia, but I suspect it came on rather suddenly after going to work wearing a pair of pants and a belt that was too tight for me and the repeated bending over to pick things up that my job required at the time. Similarly to many others on this forum I was told that the laparoscopic repair with mesh would be an ideal fit for me, and despite being skeptical about the mesh I was convinced by my surgeon that this option would give me less pain. My surgeon also told me that he had both left and right inguinal hernias of his own repaired with the same mesh, which gave me some confidence. I really just wanted my hernia fixed and I was told this would be the best option.

The initial recovery from the surgery went smoothly at first, with some pain and discomfort, but nothing too bad. Over time however I began to experience pain and tightness in my lower abdomen, groin, and down the inside of my left leg. At around the four or five month mark from surgery I decided to make an appointment with the surgeon who performed my hernia repair, and he told me that what I was feeling was normal, and because the scar tissue was molding around the mesh that I might continue to feel some discomfort for up to six months, maybe even longer, but that it should get better over time. As time went on however, the pain did not go away. I began having more unnatural pulling, pinching and burning sensations in my hip, in my groin where the mesh is, and even down my leg. To use an analogy, sometimes I feel like there are fire ants crawling around inside me where the mesh is. Sometimes the skin and flesh around the mesh will itch and burn intensely for a few moments and then go away, and the area feels slightly inflamed. I often feel like the edges of the mesh poking into me and an overall feeling that something is rubbing like sandpaper inside of me, especially near my pubic bone and above the pubic line where it meets my abdomen. Sometimes the sensations will keep me up at night and keep me from getting a good night sleep and causes me lots of distress. I also get what feels like severe muscle cramps in my legs and spasms around the mesh area. I am almost entirely convinced that I have some sort of nerve damage from the mesh, but it is not proven. I have seen my primary care doctor several times and he believes too that I am describing neuropathic pain.

My doctor has recommended that I see another hernia surgeon in my state who specializes in robotic surgery. I am pretty much convinced at this point that removal of the mesh is the only option and I am not really interested in trying to “salvage” the original surgery, since I have many concerns about the mesh besides just the pain. Still though I am afraid of having a second surgery especially because of what I have read about mesh removal being risky. I have reached out to Dr. David Earle in MA as well but I don’t believe that my insurance will cover surgery with him (I am also a full time student with a fixed income, so that is an issue in and of itself). Any way, I had a few questions for anyone here who has had a mesh removal, and for the surgeons who perform it. I am genuinely curious about what the recovery process looks like after mesh removal and what I might be able to expect. From what I gather, it seems that the recovery process from mesh removal is longer for some than it is others, and I am just wondering what surgeons and mesh removal patients recommend for recovery time. I understand that in some cases neurectomy is performed, but not all. All in all I am just looking forward to having this problem be put behind me, so I can get my life back.

I appreciate everyone who takes the time to read this and offer their input and I am so happy that a forum like this exists. I am probably forgetting some important detail as I write this so I will be glad to answer any questions that anyone has as well.

Thank you all.

AJ

Dont remove mesh. It is a crime.. You will be worse…..

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quote allj:

I have been living with significant groin pain since having mesh removal after an inguinal hernia repair and a neurectomy. I am considering a triple neurectomy but can’t find anything on long term outcomes. Nor have I found anyone who had this procedure who can attest to the longer term outcome. If anyone can help me out with this it would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Alan

I received mesh removal and triple neuroctomy. I am in a worse situation. Dont do it.