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Daily Record
Daily Record
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Vivienne Aitken

Scottish mesh ops axe plea backed by top docs who brand treatment ‘last resort’

The campaign to get all mesh operations suspended in Scotland has received the backing of a world expert.

The Record has told how patients who had mesh used to repair hernias had been left in agony as the substance tore into their organs and merged with their own flesh, making removal ­difficult.

Now, the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee has been given a submission from Shouldice Hospital in Ontario, Canada, the global leader in the surgery.

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