Up to 170,000 people who have had hernia mesh implants in England in the past six years could face complications, this programme has found.
In that time, there have been about 570,000 such operations and the complication rate is said to be 12-30%.
Some patients have been left unable to walk or work, others left suicidal.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency continues to back the use of hernia mesh.
Anna Collinson reports.

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