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Q: Post-op pain: bilateral hernia repair

asked by: DoctorQuestion on April 6th, 2007

in 12/05 i had bilateral hernia repair i have had problems since 2 days after surgery dr agreed mabye mesh was the problem and said he would go backin to fix then changed his mind no dr wants to go in and fix this since they start it i am in intense pain pretty much all the time i had an mri which showed nothing if i lay on the side that hurts it is very painfulalmost pushing out i need help

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on April 20th, 2007

Hernia Answer A2593

It is very important to find out if the pain you are experiencing is due to the bilateral hernia repair operation or can be attributed to something else. If the operation is the cause of the pain, then it seems that the surgeon who operated on you should bear the legal consequences.

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