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A surgeon found to have left patients in "agony" after using artificial mesh to treat prolapsed bowels faces allegations he falsified medical notes.
Tony Dixon was suspended after the surgery was found to have caused harm to hundreds of patients at two hospitals in Bristol.
Now, a new hearing will examine Dr Dixon's records. He is accused of dishonestly creating patient records long after he was involved in their care, something he "strongly denies".
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) will begin Monday. It will examine claims medical records for seven patients contained false information, and were not created at the correct time.
A spokesperson for Dr Dixon said: "[He] always endeavoured to provide the highest standard of care to his patients.
"He strongly disputes falsifying any medical records and will provide his detailed evidence about those serious allegations to the tribunal, initially by way of a detailed witness statement which he has provided to the General Medical Council."
'Protect public'
Dr Dixon built up an international reputation as the go-to expert for patients with prolapsed bowels.
He used a technique known as mesh rectopexy to treat bowel problems.
Through the procedure, mesh implants are placed into the body to treat pelvic organ prolapse which can occur after childbirth.
The mesh, which is usually made from synthetic polypropylene, is intended to repair damaged or weakened tissue.
At the point of his suspension in 2024, the MTPS said Dr Dixon's "misconduct was so serious that action needed be taken to protect members of the public".
But, the tribunal considered that a longer period of suspension would be unduly punitive, especially taking into account the period that Dr Dixon had already been the subject of fitness to practise proceedings.
As founder of the Pelvic Floor Society, he drew heavily on claims he had made in medical publications about the success rates of the rectopexy mesh surgery he pioneered.
But now questions are being raised by the MPTS about the honesty his follow-up data which has to be written contemporaneously.
A BBC Inside Out investigation in 2017 first revealed Dr Dixon had carried out unnecessary operations and raised questions about whether he provided adequate medical follow.
Two investigations at Southmead Hospital and Spire Bristol subsequently found Mr Dixon caused harm to hundreds of people by carrying out operations that were not necessary.
Both hospitals apologised to victims after his suspension.
The MPTS had previously found that he failed to obtain informed consent or trial alternative treatment and not to have adequately investigated symptoms.
