Serious Complications Caused By Vaginal Mesh Products Led To Lawsuits
A medical device called vaginal mesh, which is also known for its other names; bladder mesh or pelvic sling, have been utilized by many surgeons worldwide for the treatment of Urinary Incontinence (SUI) and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). The most commonly affected are those aging women with past records of hysterectomy, vaginal delivery, and menopause.
The vaginal wall is covered with a network of connective tissues. This network reinforces the support of the vaginal wall to the pelvic organs it holds such as the bladder, rectum, urethra, and uterus. After menopause when estrogen levels are lower and after vaginal deliveries or hysterectomies when the vaginal wall stretches, this connective tissues that line the walls of the vagina lose its elasticity causing the pelvic organs to be displaced; The displacement of these organs can cause more complicated problems. At first, symptoms are mild but it needs to be corrected immediately for it can lead to fatal consequences.
Vaginal mesh implant used to be popular for the repair of SUI and POP. Women call it the modern approach to treat these two conditions. However, there have been a rising number of complaints on the dangerous side effects caused by the use of vaginal mesh lately. More and more women have suffered unreasonable injuries after receiving vaginal mesh. The most frequently reported complications are mesh erosion, infection, hemorrhage, problems in urination, recurrence of prolapse, pain, and pelvic organ perforation. The most commonly reported out of all these is mesh erosion. Unfortunately, it is also the most difficult to correct; sometimes it many even be beyond repair. Also, it can further the development of infections or bleeding and lead to even more dangerous side effects.
On July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued public health notification about the danger of using these vaginal mesh products. The agency also revealed that the use of vaginal mesh is not seen as more beneficial than other non-mesh procedures. Despite the warnings made by the FDA, there are still many mesh manufacturers all over the United States which are continuously producing these dangerous vaginal mesh products. With this, its availability in the market is uncontrollable, which lead to many physicians still performing vaginal mesh procedures to their POP and SUI patients in hospitals and clinics.
Because of mesh manufacturers’ failure in validating the safety of the vaginal mesh products they produce, and negligence in failing to warn consumers about the potential risks associated with their products, cases of filed individual and class action lawsuits against them continue to build up. Recently, the number of women who acquired debilitating effects caused by vaginal mesh and suffered its dangerous complications is rapidly multiplying.
If you have gone through vaginal mesh procedure to correct Pelvic Organ Prolapse or Stress Urinary Incontinence and you have experienced its adverse effects which created a negative impact on your way of living, it is necessary for you to learn about your rights to a vaginal mesh settlement.
References:
http://www.transvaginalmeshlawsuitcenter.com/lawsuit
http://vaginalmeshlawsuitsnews.com/
http://www.forthepeople.com/vaginal-mesh-lawsuits–11-3179.html
http://www.cigna.com/individualandfamilies/health-and-well-being/hw/medical-topics/pelvic-organ-prolapse-tv1000.html
Related posts: