We had a wonderfully pleasant 73 year old woman who came to us recently after 3 previous failed attempts at fixing her hernia. She had gallbladder surgery back 20 years ago and developed a hernia at one of her incisions. This was repaired 3 times and each time the surgery failed. We hope that the […]
I absolutely do not want hernia mesh (until I’ve talked with Dr. Harris)!
As discussed previously, I’m not a surgeon that will try and talk you into something. The same goes for using mesh during your hernia repair. Although I won’t operate without using a hernia mesh, I certainly don’t want to force you into having mesh used during your surgery. There are certainly other options (locations and […]
Should I have hernia surgery today Dr. Harris?
One of my over-riding philosophies in surgery is to never, ever: try to talk a patient into surgery trick a patient into thinking something is emergent when it’s not influence their decision in whether (or what type) of surgery to have. That may sound counter-intuitive for a surgeon to say, but the worst thing in […]
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