Many a patient who suffered from mesh implant complication needed to undergo surgery. In the attempts to have the mesh implant disaster corrected, the suffering doesn’t end after one surgery. Ever so often, one has to go under the knife to completely be free from a mesh nightmare. In an interview, a woman who had a mesh implantation emphasized … [Read more...]
What Are the Risks of Having a Bladder Sling Implant?
What is a Bladder Sling? A bladder sling or hammock is installed through surgery to cure stress incontinence which limits a woman’s ability to effectively eliminate fluids from the bladder. The sling composed of polypropylene is implanted around the urethra thus restoring it to a more favorable spot. This surgical procedure has allowed patients … [Read more...]
What is Transvaginal Mesh Hardening?
Since the 1950’s there has been a tremendous usage of surgical mesh since it was adopted for hernia repair surgeries. In recent years, the mesh has been used in treating women who suffered from pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The transvaginal mesh is embedded through incisions in the vagina during the surgery. … [Read more...]
What are the Best Alternatives to Mesh Implants?
It is now common to hear complaints from women who’ve undergone mesh implant procedures to remedy health problems. There are different kinds available such as hernia surgical mesh implants, urogynecologic surgical mesh implants, and transvaginal mesh implants. These are intended to hold back the internal organs from protruding through the … [Read more...]
What Happens in a Mesh Implant Erosion?
What Happens in a Mesh Implant Erosion? WHAT IS A MESH IMPLANT? It is basically a net-like implant that is placed inside a woman’s pelvis. This is done as a surgical treatment for Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). This is ideally done through a sterile technique by trained surgeons. In some cases, the rule of sterility is breached and the … [Read more...]
Caught Up in a Mesh
Mesh Implants have recently been a topic of controversy in the medical field. Several issues have been brought up by post-surgery patients who developed new problems following a mesh implantation. Surgical mesh implants are indicated for patients whose pelvic floor muscles and ligaments have weakened causing the pelvic organs to sag downwards. … [Read more...]
Erosion of Mesh Implants
Vaginal mesh implants were originally promoted to gynecologists and urologists as a solution to repairing pelvic organ prolapses (POP) and helping with incontinence. But there was a noticeable lack of evidence from clinical trials documented, as to just how effective or safe these mesh implants actually were. As more mesh implant procedures were … [Read more...]
Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
If you have ever sought treatment for urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse (POP), you have likely never imagined that you would ever need to file a mesh lawsuit. However, now that you’re suffering severe complications from a defective product, which you thought was safe and effective, well now it’s time to discuss compensation you’re … [Read more...]
Compensation for Mesh Injuries
Thousands and thousands of women who have been injured by a transvaginal mesh implant have filed lawsuits in state and federal courts all over the United States and are entitled to compensation. Many cases have gone to trial and resulting in favorable verdicts, but other have just been settled. Details regarding each case is different and that … [Read more...]
Transvaginal Mesh Implant Verdicts and Settlements
Women who have suffered from a transvaginal mesh and have filed a lawsuit could receive compensation following a verdict or settlement. Transvaginal mesh injuries could cause an impeccable amount of pain and could forever alter a woman’s life and her family’s life. These women often times require multiple surgeries and even then there is no … [Read more...]