HerniaTalk LIVE

This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Shouldice Repair
• Inguinal Hernia
• Umbilical Hernia Repair
• Suture Choice
• Chronic Groin Pain
• Watchful Waiting
• Weight Lifting
• Cremaster muscle
• Exercise and Hernias
• Timing of Hernia Repair
• Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Guest Panelist: Dr Megan Melland-Smith, Hernia Surgeon, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Inguinal Hernia
• Bariatric Surgery
• Chronic Groin Pain
• Safety Net Hospital
• Watchful Waiting
• Umbilical Hernia Repair
• Shouldice Repair
• Desarda Technique
• Cremasteric muscle
• Tissue Repairs
• Exercise and Hernias
• Pilates
• Weightlifting

Guest Panelist: Dr Vanessa Buie, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon, University of Chicago

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Giant Hernia
• Incisional Hernia
• Mesh
• TAR Transversus Abdominis Release
• Anterior Components Release
• Risk Reduction
• Weight Loss
• Panniculectomy

Guest Panelist: Dr Jana Sacco, Hernia surgeon, Novant Health, North Carolina

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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Date of program: 08/25/2026

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Parastomal Hernias
• Flank Hernias
• Eventration
• Absorbable Mesh
• Biologic Mesh
• Prophylactic Mesh Use
• Hernia Recurrence
• Loss of Domain
• Open Surgery
• Robotic Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Hiatal Hernia
• Foregut Surgery
• Spine Surgery
• XLIF
• Aortic Surgery

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

Guest Panelist: Dr Heidi Miller, Minimally Invasive Surgeon, Maine Health

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Open Surgery
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Robotic Surgery
• Inguinal Hernia Repair
• Ventral Hernia Repair
• Loss of Domain
• Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
• Connective Tissue Disorder
• Autoimmune Disorder
• Blood Thinners
• Women’s Hernias
• Watchful Waiting
• Hernia Surgeons Alliance
• Clinical Trials
• Watchful Waiting

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Costa Rica
• Mexico
• Guatemala
• Hernia Surgery 
• Laparoscopic Surgery 
• Robotic Surgery
• Mesh
• Ultrasound
• Mesh Fixation
• Chronic Pain

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

Guest Panelist: Dr Kathy Cordero, Clinica HRN, Costa Rica

Topic: Hernia Surgery in Central America

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

-Mesh
-Imaging 
-CT Scan 
-Ultrasound
-Xray
-MRI
-Adhesions
-Meshoma
-Mesh Weight 
-3D Anatomic Mesh
-Biologic Mesh 

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

Guest: Dr Ryan Juza, University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Hernia Repair
• Mesh
• Hernia Surgery
• Biologic Mesh
• Mesh Reaction
• CME
• Hernia Surgery Course

Teaching Surgeons

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh: +1-310-358-5020, [email protected].

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Listen to this episode and more on our podcast at https://beverlyhillsherniacenter.com/podcast

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• Sutures
• Needles
• Fascia
• Hernia
• Hernia Recurrence
• Mesh
• Inflammation
• Tissue Repair
• Shouldice
• Steel
• Chronic Pain

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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This week, the topic of discussion was: 

• European Hernia Society
• New Technology
• Mesh Implant Illness
• Mesh. Removal
• Abdominoplasty, Tummy Tuck
• Hernia Repair Outcomes
• Deep Tissue Massage

Welcome to HerniaTalk LIVE, a Q&A hosted by Dr. Shirin Towfigh, hernia and laparoscopic surgery specialist who practices at the Beverly Hills Hernia Center. This is the only Q&A of its kind, aimed at educating and empowering patients about all things related to hernias and hernia-related complications. For a personal consultation with Dr. Towfigh, call +1-310-358-5020 or email [email protected].

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