This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Sharon L Bachman during the Masters Hernia: Recurrent Hernias – Making the Best of a Bad Situation on April 11 2018
Keyword(s): absorbable mesh, bacterial colonization, Bassini repair, biologic mesh, buttress, chronic pain, Desarda repair, direct hernia, drainage, EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration, FDA, fellowship training, Food & Drug Administration, foreign material, groin pain, hernia complications, hernia society, inflammatory response, inguinodynia, Lichtenstein repair, Marlex mesh, masters hernia, McVay repair, medical device recalls, mentor, mesh, mesh complications, mesh injuries, mesh news desk, motor vehicle accident, MVA, National Institutes of Health, National Meshoma Foundation, Netherlands, NIH, Ontario, open approach, patient advocacy, PEG tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, plug & patch, primary repair, Prolene mesh, randomized trial, recurrent hernias, registry, Shouldice clinic, Shouldice repair, sinus tract, skin, social media, sterilization, tissue repair, tracheostomy, Twitter
Citations–4:28 General Surgery News
Non-mesh repairs–9:13
Citations–10:03 Br J Surg 2002
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012
Shouldice fellowship–15:25
Desarda repair–15:52 Int J Surg 2018
Conclusion–18:08