My Husband is suffering from a incisional
hernia.
After a large operation on the side of
his belly (bought on by appendix
bursting).
They fixed the hernia with pigs skin as it
was so big.
The problem he has now is scar tissue
which makes one side of his belly stick
out.
The hospital he is attending do not know
where to go from here.
We live in the Uk and just dont know if
there are any laporosocopy specialist in
or near our area (south east)
Advice more than welcome.
Charley
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Posted: 04-24-08 15:02pm
Hi
Sorry to hear this.
Can you call around or look online for a
specialist?
Did he return to the doctor who did his
hernia/appendix?
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charley2006
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Hubby Posted: 04-25-08 03:14am
I have started to look around on line, but
no specific answers etc.
He is under his local hospital at the
moment, but they seem to be washing there
hands of him.
He does not want to see his orginal Dr who
performen his appendix as we think that he
perforated his bowl while taking the
appendix out. Therefor he caught
septicemia, pneamonia and had a collapsed
lung and was on life support (touch and
go) the first time he was operated.
Tried to sue but solicitors said it was to
harder case to prove etc.
His scar is right across one side of his
belly and is noticable with tops on.
Charley
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Posted: 04-25-08 08:30am
Wow, I really am sorry for all you've been
through.
How is he doing now?
How are you doing?
Is there another surgeon outside of your
area that he can see?
Did the hospital do any scans or testing
to make sure there's no other problem from
hernia repair ?
I know there's a lot of questions here,
I'm wondering if he developed a keliod
scar which is a thick, wide scar that is
raised...some people form these types of
scars and not much can be done except have
an experienced surgeon/plastic surgeon
take a look at the scar.
Best Wishes..I hope he feels better
soon..
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charley2006
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Scar Posted: 04-25-08 12:09pm
Yeah it is a wide deep scare that sticks
out on one side of his belly.
The hospital still keep an eye on him but
think they are now scratching heads.
Any work that has to be done on him has to
be keyhole otherwise there is a big risk
of infection as the pigs skin (mesh)
covers one side of his belly.
Thats what we need, an experienced key
hole surgeon, but where do we find one?
Charley
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Re: Scar Posted: 04-25-08 13:09pm
charley2006
wrote:
Yeah it is a wide deep scare
that sticks out on one side of his belly.
The hospital still keep an eye on him but
think they are now scratching heads.
Any work that has to be done on him has to
be keyhole otherwise there is a big risk
of infection as the pigs skin (mesh)
covers one side of his belly.
Thats what we need, an experienced key
hole surgeon, but where do we find one?
Charley
Hi Charley
I found this site, I'm not sure if it will
help you.
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