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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.
The number of laparoscopic hysterectomy is rising; however, there still are technical problems and disadvantages in the procedure that need further research. In laparoscopic surgical procedures, the surgeon loses direct contact with the surgical site. His vision is restricted. Instead of seeing the entire surgical field including adjacent organs, he can see only the point of surgery, and his view depends on the angle of the camera. The surgeon does not have the tactile feedback of open surgery due to the length of the shaft of the surgical instruments. In addition, the freedom of movement of the video camera and the long-shafted instruments is limited because they are fixed in the abdominal wall. This forces the surgeon into uncomfortable and unnatural body postures affecting the outcome of the operation.
Positions especially when they are static, lead to cramps, muscle pain and rapid fatigue. This can possibly result in an adverse event. Several factors inherent in laparoscopic surgery result in postures that are far from the ideal.
When performing laparoscopic procedures, factors inherent to that type of surgery constrain not only the surgeons’ posture but also their view of the surgical site. Those factors can contribute to error and subsequent adverse outcomes.
The surgical instruments are limited because they can be moved only in certain directions: they can be inserted and removed; moved at an angle about the fulcrum, the point of support at the entry port; rotated about a longitudinal axis as in turning the instrument inside the body cavity; and made to open and close. These limitations restrict the surgeons’ movement of the instruments and frequently force awkward postures of the arms and shoulders, hence can influence the execution of the surgical procedure.
Typically, one thinks of surgical instruments as reusable; however, reusable instruments can be difficult to clean and reassemble after cleaning. Lack of standardization of instruments from different manufacturers sometimes creates difficulties during the operation. Loose working parts on the ends of the instruments such as laparoscopic graspers, an instrument with end-effectors that are expected to grasp tissue, can be ineffective. The surgeon may not be able to identify that problem until the instrument is removed from the abdominal cavity and visually examined, when the loose working parts become obvious.
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.