yes, reading more about it now. Interesting (and scary) reading. The non-mesh folks are saying the mesh is favored by docs who don't know the more complicated non-mesh operations, or who perform a small number of hernia repairs. The mesh docs say non-mesh involves sewing together tissues that are not naturally joined together, plus are often weak so they may later tear out. FDA says lots of the mesh problems have been with products no longer in use.
Either way is SCARY!
I wonder what kind of repair "the Rock" had. I want to wind up more like the Rock than Rand Paul. ?