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BajaBlanca
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wow skipjack, your experience was sure different from Les's.
Wishing Dee a speedy recovery J.P.
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Skipjack Joe
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Yes, I was the exception, but there are others. Check out the lawsuits being advertised on television. Obviously when it goes well for you, you become
less cautious but when it happens to you then you want to warn others. I've always been allergic to polyester materials so it wasn't too farfetched
that I reacted to polypropylene placed into the body. The whole mesh surgical solution is going through a state of flux as the medical community is
still modifying techniques and materials. Bottom line - all surgery is a crap shoot to some degree. Always a risk.
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Thought these might be useful should Les start experiencing chronic pain:
http://www.nhbr.com/February-2-2018/Hernia-mesh-litigation-mounts/
https://www.sportshernia.com/problems-using-mesh-hernia-repair-surgery/?Read+more=Read+more
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BajaBlanca
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Boy, very important to know.
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Skipjack Joe
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Your chances of not having issues with mesh is about 85% I think. Some say it's closer to 70%. Those are good odds and if things are good for Les so
far then it's likely to stay that way. But if things get bad I would really recommend Dr Brown. He hates mesh and knows how to take them out without
causing more problems (they usually get stuck to your nerves or blood vessels).
https://www.sportshernia.com/treating-mesh-pain/surgical-mesh-removal-photo-gallery/
[Edited on 7-30-2018 by Skipjack Joe]
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70-85% of positive outcome means 15-30% risk of complications. In surgery this is considered VERY high risk. Compare to coronary bypass surgery where
risk of complications is 1%.
Lawsuits with certain mesh types or just when something went wrong, are numerous. Not necessarily mesh-related. Inguinal hernia in men (the one
below belly button) is too close to important nerves and organs. Thousands of people are afraid to go for surgery and choose to live with hernia rest
of the life. Even some surgeons recommend against hernia repair when pre-op pain is tolerable.
This all made me choose the specialized mesh-less clinic in Toronto - twice, left hernia and 3 years later - with right. No regrets so far, though
there were people with complications after this clinic too.
It's easy to forget that your sack has been "patched" and re-injure yourself again by lifting something heavy, this is a big no-no.
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I have no idea if you are still having issues as this thread is very old but I went through this exact issue and on the sportshernia site there is a
resources link to https://physiqz.com/physical-therapy/sports-hernias-athletic... but basically there is a procedure called the minimal suture approach that does
not use mesh and is what I ended up getting and it was able to solve my issues completely. Did you end up going forward with mesh? I would assume Dr.
Meyers if so?
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welcome to our forum Jonjac!
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Thank-you!
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