Patients who are about to undergo surgical hernia treatments often worry about how long it will take them to recover and whether they will experience chronic pain after the surgery. These are understandable concerns, especially since the introduction of improved surgical techniques and implant meshes have improved the success rate of hernia surgeries so significantly that recurrences only happen in three to five percent of cases.
Over the past few years, researchers have found that the type of material used to make the mesh implant can have a significant impact on how much discomfort the patient experiences after the surgery. In 2009, a Polish study comparing polypropylene, e-PTFE, and WN, a non-woven, microfiber polypropylene mesh, found that the lowest number of patients experienced chronic pain when receiving SURGIMESH WN implants.
According to the study, three months after undergoing surgery, four patients with polypropylene implants complained of significant pain. Out of the group that had received e-PTFE implants, two patients were experiencing pain. Only one patient who had received the SURGIMESH WN non-woven implant mesh, however, was experiencing pain.
After a year had passed, the researchers questioned patients to determine whether any chronic pain was present. The WN group showed no signs of chronic post-operative pain. The PP group, however, had instances of chronic pain. Many of them also complained of feeling like a foreign body was stuck inside them.
It is important to recognize that none of the patients needed to receive a second surgery for the hernia, although one e-PTFE mesh had to be removed from the patient after an infection developed. Today’s hernia treatments have, therefore, progressed to a point where patients can expect to receive surgical procedures that work. Now that the industry has reached this level, it is important for doctors and patients to demand better options like SURGIMESH WN to make sure they recover quickly and experience as little chronic pain as possible.
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