almot09
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5 posts since June 30th, 2009
New User
5 posts since June 30th, 2009
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From what I read, some pains may develop 3-5 weeks after the surgery (when cut nerves start growing and re-connecting again). Overall, from all the techniques, from 0.7% to 30% patients have some pain after 1 year. Different clinics and surgeons report different numbers and there is no clear correlation between the chronic pain incidence and method... more
Not to rekindle the thread, - just to eliminate potential confusion. It is the Kugel shape of mesh "plug" by Bard Perfix that got complaints and was recalled and is now in a court Class Action Suite. Bard company makes probably a dozen of different shapes of mesh materials - Kugel plug, bilayer plug, plug & patch, just a patch, and may be somet... more
Sorry, typo - I meant "6 weeks seems to be an official recovery time".
Shouldice Hospital is receiving 10,000 emails a day from all over the world, and (I assume) hundreds of phone calls. Their "customers service" can be slow, understandably. Pain is considered chronic one year after the operation.
I found statistics of chronic pain for Shouldice Hospital - page 2, in the last paragraph after the Table 5 and before ... more
Mentat - "care" is not a concern, AFAIK. They do monitor you closely for 5 hours post-op, and then monitor loosely during 3 days stay there. What you should be concerned with, is a probability of chronic pain after the surgery. Other surgeons report from 10% to 30% patients having persistent pain more than 3 years after the operation, with 1% havi... more
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