More than 50 bowel surgery patients should not have been operated on by well-known doctor, hospital admits

More than 50 bowel surgery patients should not have been operated on by well-known doctor, hospital admits More than 50 patients who were given a controversial form of bowel surgery by a well-known surgeon should not have been operated on, a hospital trust has admitted.

Dozens of women say they were left in severe pain after pelvic floor surgery using artificial mesh at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

Tony Dixon, one of Britain's best known surgeons in the area, was suspended in 2017 after concerns were first raised and an inquiry examined 143 cases. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Bristol bowel mesh operations 'should not have gone ahead'
• Mesh implants wrongly used in dozens of patients, NHS admits The Guardian