Joe Dodd

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If a kid, you know, the mesh isn't growing, we have pretty good data that the mesh is actually shrinking.

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You have a growing kid and mesh is shrinking, uh, you may actually create a lot more of a problem.

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Adolescent Surgery Session: They Look Like Adults, but Aren't the Same-Hernia Repair

Statement Putting mesh in someone under age 18 who may still be growing risks creating problems because mesh does not grow and actually shrinks. Open

Quotation I think you're just asking for trouble, uh, and unfortunately, those troubles may involve lawyers. Open

Quotation This is clearly a case where the solution is probably worse than the problem. Open

Statement At University of Michigan during training, out of hundreds of pediatric hernias, only one or two cases received a ring plasty (a few stitches), and no one was putting in mesh. Open

Quotation If a kid, you know, the mesh isn't growing, we have pretty good data that the mesh is actually shrinking. Open

Quotation You have a growing kid and mesh is shrinking, uh, you may actually create a lot more of a problem. Open

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Adolescent Surgery Session: They Look Like Adults, but Aren't the Same-Hernia Repair

Host summary Joe Dodd summarizing the discussion: Mesh shrinks over time based on available data. Open