FREE CASE EVALUATION: 1-800-632-1404
Tens of thousands of women receive a transvaginal mesh (TVM) device each and every year from numerous suppliers: American Medical Systems, Bard, Boston Scientific, Ethicon,Gynecare, and Johnson & Johnson. Thousands of women have been injured through no fault of their own, including vaginal erosion, pain, urinary problems, bleeding, infection and more. Our attorneys are representing women in all fifty states and Canada who have been injured. For a free case evaluation, call 1-800-632-1404.
We are honored to have two women on staff ready and willing to discuss the facts of your case with you as often as needed.
Unnecessary Surgery
One end result of a TVM or TVT device is surgery to remove eroded mesh materials from the human body, and such a surgery in our opinion is completely and totally unnecessary.
Every patient who has surgery requires some kind of anesthesia. There are three types of anesthesia: local, regional, and general. For local anesthesia, drugs that block nerve conduction (local anesthetics) are injected immediately around the site of surgery before and during the surgical procedure. Local anesthesia is often provided by surgeons without anesthetists present, but when patients have diseases that need to be monitored, when they may require carefully managed sedation, or when a more extensive operation might ensue necessitating general anesthesia, an anesthetist is asked to conduct monitored anesthesia care and is present throughout the case.
Problems can arise from a variety of sources. Underlying diseases can become manifest during an operation independent of the stresses of surgery and anesthesia. These stresses will interact with underlying conditions, making acute exacerbations even more likely. The surgery itself often causes additional specific problems, including the surgeons compressing vital organs or lacerating significant arteries or veins. Other difficulties may be triggered when equipment fails (although these failures are rarely the sole cause of the problem), or when the anesthetist or surgeon makes an overt error. Several strategies are used to prevent problems from occurring. Precase evaluation of the patient and checking the anesthesia equipment disclose immediate hazards. Appropriate planning will make the likelihood of error on the part of the anesthetist or surgeon less likely, but human fallibility cannot be entirely eliminated.
During the surgery, the patient’s ventilation must be mechanically controlled. Failure to do so will result in asphyxia, cardiac arrest, and death. Throughout the operation, the anesthetist is engaged in a large number of tasks. These include (but are not limited to):
- Monitoring the patient and the life-support equipment by direct and electronic observation.
- Adjusting the anesthetic level and administering other medications as needed.
- Recording vital signs and other parameters at least every 5 min.
- Responding to changes in the patient’s condition and taking emergency actions if needed. Evaluating blood loss and urine output.
- Administering IV fluids and, when needed, blood.
- Adjusting the position of the OR table as needed by the surgeons.
Our team of attorneys is reviewing case evaluations for women across the country who have received TVM and TVT products from manufactures such as C.R. Bard, Avaulta, Boston Scientific, and Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon.
If you need help from a transvaginal mesh device injury, call us today for help.
The Problem
In 2008, the FDA first released concerns about the safety of transvaginal placement of mesh. From 2008 to 2010, the FDA received three to five times as many adverse reports associated with mesh used for pelvic organ prolapse repair than what agency received from 2005 to 2007 (nearly 1,000 reports of adverse events were received from 2005-2007).
Many of these patients complain because of erosion or contraction of the mesh material (which has been described as being of a similar material as Rubbermaid storage containers). The erosion leads to bleeding, severe pelvic pain, painful (or impossible) sexual performance and a recurrence of urinary problems.
In July 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update related to what it called ‘serious complications’ related to the use of vaginal mesh for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is now known that complications linked to transvaginal placement of surgical mesh in SUI and POP patients are not rare and can require multiple surgeries to correct problems related to the use of surgical mesh. In fact, the FDA now says that additional surgeries may actually not be able to repair damage caused by implantation of the mesh.
In other words, the side effects of the mesh placement may be permanent. These complications from transvaginal placement of surgical mesh include:
- -Erosion of the implanted mesh
- -Infection and/or bleeding
- -Pain, including pain during sexual intercourse
- -Problems with organs near the implantation site
Helping You
You may have experienced mesh erosion, bleeding, urinary infections, vaginal scarring, pain during sexual intercourse, failure to conduct sexual intercourse and more. A physician may have tried to remove the mesh and been unable to do so. You may be in excruciating pain, and need help. We are offering free case evaluations to the general public across the United States and Canada. Manufacturers we consider include American Medical Systems, Bard, Boston Scientific, Ethicon,Gynecare, and Johnson & Johnson.
If you received a transvaginal mesh / sling and have been injured, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Problems include pain, inability to have intercourse,bleeding, mesh growth into the body, mesh erosion, and more. Problems could be irreversible. Please fill out the form to the right or call us so that we can provide you with forms to evaluate your potential case immediately.
We are accepting case evaluations nationwide and in Canada, as well. Please do not hesitate or delay in contacating TVM / TVT Sling and transvaginal mesh attorneys :
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NOTE: Our team of attorneys will review potential cases for all fifty states, including Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.