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Sad to read this..

Did you try tisane? Maybe it can help your pain

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Please stop spamming with this kind of discussion, there are already enough spammers on this site

• This reply was modified 10 months, 4 weeks ago by  CursedGroin.

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Hello MarkUK

I’m sorry this happens to you.. How are you now? Do you have more answers?

Could you do an update of the situation

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What are your symptoms ?

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I found an article on this subject :https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866865/#:~:text=Although%20these%20scans%20are%20effective,as%20happened%20in%20our%20patient. ! Interesting

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  CursedGroin.

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No I don’t think so. The red square was appearing on a kind of yellow avarar to show that something has been detected on the groin area of my body. I think it could be inflammation or bulge detection. It is unlikeky that it was for the mesh because I have it on both sides and the red square was located only at the left

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Thanks for the answer GI.

When I saw her last week, Muschaweck said to me that the mesh dislocated so I guess you are right in your explanation.

Yes that is it. I don’t have mesh complications as Herminius related for example, so mesh has not to be removed.
You may be right. I just like to have multiple opinions before doing a choice . In addition, Dr Towfigh said to me that her gold standard in case of recurrence after TEP was open mesh. However, I guess it is tailored to the patient and to the situation. Since recurrence occured only 10 days after the repair, problem is probably the mesh and not my tissue

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Hello everybody

After intensive investigations and with much perseverance, I finally found what was causing my bothersome discomfort that began 10 days after my surgery : I have early inguinal hernia recurrence.
I went to Muschaweck and thanks to dynamic ultrasound, she found a small bulge of 0,5 cm in my inguical canal, in the left side.

Therefore, I have 2 questions :

– How can it happen on 10 days after a lap TEP surgery ? Bad tissue quality ? Bad luck ? Surgeon error ?

– what is the best surgical treatment ? Muschaweck proposes to do a minimal repair but maybe it is better to do an open mesh repair since my tissue quality may be bad, no? Even if I’m not very comfortable to have mesh internally and externally..

Thanks in advance for your help!

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  CursedGroin.

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Yes please, keep us updated !
Good Luck for your recovery.
I hope this will mark the end of your hernia journey

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Hi Herminius

Thanks for sharing your story. Glad to hear you are better!

I have similarities to you in my story : dull pain after lap mesh implantation for inguinal/sports hernia repair. I went to Muschaweck last week to see my options. She said that the implanted mesh dislocated and that she could observe a small bulge in my inguinal canal, thanks to dynamic ultrasound. This bulge is compressing the genitofemoral nerve, which results in pain.
She said that the mesh does not need to be removed since it is not the problem itself but that I needed minimal repair to fix the reoccurence. So I would be pleased to hear about your recovery.

Did she cut the GNF nerve during the procedure? Why did you choose her over Conze or Meyers ?

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by  CursedGroin.

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My point is that in your first post, you strongly suggest that PeterC tragedy is related to mesh problem. Just wanted to show you that it is unrelated since, after 2nd surgery, Peter also had dysfunctionnal issues on his other healthy side.

Oops I have just noticed it. I don’t understand how it happened tbh.

I have already made the update with this other name on the initial thread.

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What I mean is that before Dr Brown surgery, only one side was “repaired” with mesh/neurectomy combination. The other side was healthy. Peter explained it on another thread.

“This was the only surgery I had before Dr. Brown. My inguinal floor was not touched since it wasn’t torn, the external oblique was closed the same way it was opened. No loss of strength or effect on my core from that surgery, just some soreness/tightness near the scar that healed in a couple of days. My left side was healthy at the time so no previous surgery there. I went on to dance for 2.5 years full-time after that. I had pain but at least my muscles were functional.

Then 2.5 years later I had Dr. Brown’s surgery bilaterally. He did the same surgery bilaterally the only difference being that when he did the right side, he opened the external oblique and the gore-tex mesh was still sitting there so he just pulled it out. It hadn’t scarred and no muscle tissue had grown on it due to the nature of the material it was just sitting there over the canal. Came out as clean as it went in, it didn’t need to be carved out of me with a bunch of bloody tissue attached to it like the other mesh horror stories you see. Dr. Brown himself said it was his first time seeing a non-porous mesh. My local doctors said they had put in that type of mesh specifically so that it didn’t adhere to anything and cause any issues. It was also his fire time seeing a mesh that wasn’t on the inguinal floor but rather was over the inguinal canal. I can send you a picture of the mesh after it was taken out if you want it looks like a piece of white cardboard there’s nothing to it.”

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Hello everyone

As a bit of context, I am a Belgian runner that used to have a good level (8th at National championship last year on 10000 m and 2nd at last year Venice Half Marathon) until this shitty sports hernia injury happens to me (left groin side) and induces bilateral inguinal hernias.Last friday marked the end of the 3 months period since my inguinal/sports hernia surgery.

Unfortunately, for the sports hernia left groin side, this period has been characterized by lingering discomfort (mainly) and pain (more rarely). It seems to be up and downs : some days/weeks, it is quite manageable (I can nearly ignore the discomfort); however, some weeks/periods it can be very annoying and painful. Right side (only inguinal hernia) is 100 % fine

I still managed to take back running (30-40 km/week). Easy footing does not seem to worsen the discomfort. However, on last Tuesday I did a tracks workout (at reasonable pace) and since Wednesday, the pain is quite important (for example I was not able to sleep this night because of the pain and I had to take painkillers).

All of this strongly impacts my mental health and makes me quite depressed.

I will have a groin MRI on this Friday. However, I think the discomfort/pain is nerve-related : it seems to follow the area innervated by the genitofemoral nerve : groin at the area near the base of the penis – inner thigh – scrotum.

My theories are that it could be :
– GFN entrapment in scar tissues
– Phantom pain due to the fact that the nerve has been compressed a certain amount of time due to hernia
– The mechanical cause from which originated both sports and inguinal hernia not healed or not correctly repaired

I’m going to see my surgeon next week. I’m also going to see soon a specialist who does prolotherapy infiltration in the groin nerves.

Any advices/recommandations?

Thanks in advance.

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To avoid wasting 15k EUR while not necessary?

What an idiot comment..

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No I tagged him directly on the activity feed. Is it still not possible for you to see it?

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Hello GI,

Here is the link of my discussion with Herminius.

Hope you can access to it.

Timeline – CursedGroin – Hernia Talk

herniatalk.com

Timeline – CursedGroin – Hernia Talk

Timeline – CursedGroin – Hernia Talk