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March 24, 2012

Mirena Lawyer Reports on Device Problems: Free Case Evaluations Offered to General Public

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Our team of attorneys are now investigating claims and prepared to file Mirena lawsuitsinvolving the intrauterine contraceptive device Mirena®. Manufactured by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mirena is an IUD device [intrauterine device] that must be inserted by a trained health care provider and is intended to provide contraceptive protection for up to five years. Some women have experienced serious adverse side-effects and potentially life-threatening complications following the implantation of theMirena device, including perforation of or imbedment in the uterus.

Unnecessary Surgery for Hysterectomy

Mirena is alleged to have many side effects. Mirena is an interuterine contraceptive device {IUD}. Our team includes Mirena attorneys that want to provide information to women or their loved ones about making a Mirena claim or to discuss a Mirena lawsuit.

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.

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March 24, 2012

Mirena Lawyer Discusses Consequences of Hysterctomy As a Result of Mirena Device

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Mirena Lawyer Reports On Unnecessary Surgery for Hysterectomy

One thing you can count on from your hysterectomy—your periods are gone forever. Menopause is defined as the last naturally occurring period that a woman has. Climacteric is the technical term for all the changes and symptoms that happen now. Usually all of this happens between the ages of forty-five and fifty-five. Most of us, though, think of the whole kit and caboodle as menopause and realize that the changes and symptoms are due to fluctuations and decline of our hormones. These symptoms can include hot flashes, vaginal dryness, mood changes, difficulty with sleep, loss of libido, and a crawly, itchy feeling on the skin.

If you have surgery and removal of your ovaries before you have experienced a natural menopause, you will have an abrupt drop in your hormone levels and, probably, the sudden onset of rather severe menopausal symptoms, which is not nice. Because of this, you are very likely to be started on hormones within the first week after your surgery. These hormones will most likely be estrogen in the form of pills or patches.

The question of whether to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in a woman involves the presence or absence of four factors: older age, osteoporosis risk factors, cardiovascular risk factors, and status of the uterus and ovaries. The effect of estrogen for the prevention of osteoporosis is thought to be dependent on a “window of opportunity” during which maximum effect can be achieved. The sooner hormone replacement therapy is started after the surgical or natural menopause, the greater the effect, with maximum effect achieved within 3 to 5 years afterward.

While HRT may help you recover after a hysterectomy, its long terms risks must be assessed. Initially the early observational studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s highlighted the benefits of HRT but mounting evidence from further studies began to uncover a number of serious risks associated with taking HRT including higher risk of heart attack, stroke, thromboembolic disorders and cardiovascular events. Among women who took HRT, the risk of developing endometrial cancer, blood clots, stroke and coronary disease was statistically higher than those who didn’t.

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March 24, 2012

Mirena Medical Device Lawyer Reports on Unnecessary Surgery

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Unnecessary Surgery for Hysterectomy

Diathermy is used in several ways during surgery. It coagulates blood and seals off blood vessels, thus stopping bleeding. It can be used, instead of a scalpel or scissors, to cut through tissues cleanly, with very little bleeding at all. It is useful in destroying abnormal tissue, as we discussed in regard to endometriosis. Diathermy is also used to open ovarian cysts, cut out fibroids, or separate the uterus from its attachments during laparoscopic hysterectomy. All in all, it is a very useful tool.

Obviously, if the diathermy probe is not used with great care, the heat can damage the bowel or bladder or surrounding tissues, with the same risk of peritonitis and infection that we have seen following damage from other instruments. If diathermy burns occur, the same types of repair that we have already described will have to be done, usually as an open surgery.

The laser uses light energy to destroy well-defined areas of tissue in the same way as the diathermy. Lasers may be used for cutting tissue or stopping bleeding during the course of a surgery and they are used for treatment, for example, of endometriosis. The laser uses light at a very high wavelength to produce intense heat which vaporizes tissue. In skilled hands, the laser is a very precise and useful tool. Nevertheless, damage can occur and this may be to the bladder, bowel, or blood vessels. As with other forms of damage, immediate open surgery is usually necessary.

Another instrument, the harmonic scalpel, has recently made its appearance in laparoscopic surgery. This uses sound waves to cut and coagulate tissue and may be useful as an alternative to diathermy and laser. When damage occurs in the course of a laparoscopy, it is usually immediately obvious to the surgeon and she will proceed quickly to repair the damage. Sometimes, however, when small diathermy or laser burns happen, or the Veress needle causes a very minor puncture, the damage may not be noticeable during the surgery and only becomes obvious later. This is the reason for the close surveillance of your vital signs and general well-being postoperatively. All of these signs should be normal and you should have urinated at least once, without any difficulty, before you are discharged home. As well, should you develop a fever or increased pain in the days following your return home, you should immediately contact your doctor. It may be nothing, but better safe than sorry.

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March 15, 2012

Mirena Attorney Offering Free Case Evaluations For Women Experiencing Perforation of Uterus and Surgery

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Complications from Mirena IUD Device

A very uncommon complication is gas embolism. This can happen in the very unusual event of a blood vessel’s being damaged, without this being recognized by the surgeon, while carbon dioxide is flowing in. It is possible, in this eventuality, that an excessive amount of gas may enter the bloodstream. This gas travels in the blood to the heart where it bubbles up and forms a kind of “water-lock,” causing a blockage with potentially fatal results. This is an extremely rare complication and should never happen if your surgeon makes sure that the tip of the Veress needle is moving freely in the peritoneal cavity after it is inserted, or, if the Hasson cannula is used, that it has been correctly placed under direct observation.

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March 15, 2012

Mirena Lawyer Reports on Unnecessary Surgeries Can Be Caused By Mirena Device – IUD

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Risks Associated with Placement of the Instruments

Placing the Veress needle into the abdomen, is a blind procedure, which depends entirely on the skill and experience of your surgeon. There are the fail-safe mechanisms we’ve outlined, but you still depend on your surgeon’s judgment in determining exactly where to guide the needle. Similarly, the Hasson cannula and the extra ports, although inserted with the advantage of direct vision, are still instruments with sharp points that are being pushed firmly through your belly wall. Even the blunt-ended laparoscope is capable of causing damage if it is not carefully used. The structures inside your abdomen that are at risk are your bowel, your bladder, and your large blood vessels.

Mirena Lawyer Says Mirena May Cause Damage to Blood Vessels

The large blood vessels that supply the skin and muscle of your abdominal wall are at most risk when the second or later ports are being placed. The internal blood vessels, which supply your internal organs and continue down to supply your legs, are actually at most risk of puncture or tearing when the Veress needle or the laparoscope is inserted.

In the first situation, bleeding can usually be stopped by placing some stitches through the abdominal wall from the outside, monitoring the placement through the laparoscope inside the abdomen. In the second scenario, it is necessary for the surgeon to open your abdomen and do an open surgery to stop the bleeding.

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March 8, 2012

Mirena Implantation May Result in a Hysterectomy Says Mirena Lawyer

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Mirena Lawyer Talks About Unnecessary Surgery for Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the United States. Although doctors claim it is a routine procedure, there are risks associated with hysterectomy. The risks associated with traditional hysterectomy and other surgeries are small, but no surgery is entirely without risk.

Anesthetic Risks

Even with all precautions, including your pre-op visit with the anesthesiologist, sometimes unpredictable reactions to anesthetic drugs can occur. There can be difficulties inserting the endotracheal tube (a tube placed in the windpipe) that is used during hysterectomy to deliver anesthetic gases and maintain the supply of oxygen while you cannot breathe for yourself—deprivation of oxygen for more than a few minutes leads to brain damage or death. Chest infections (bronchitis or pneumonia) may also occur after general anesthesia, particularly in smokers or women with preexisting chest problems.

Bleeding

Postoperatively, bleeding may happen when a knot or clip slips off a blood vessel. This generally happens in the first twenty-four hours after the surgery, before a firm clot has been able to form in the affected blood vessels. Bleeding may be external—that is, it appears from the vagina—or internal, when it is recognized by a rise in pulse rate and a drop in blood pressure. Often minor bleeding will simply stop spontaneously, as your own natural blood-clotting mechanisms kick in, perhaps after a dose of a painkiller such as pethidine, which helps you rest. Sometimes transfusion may be necessary. Another possibility is a moderate amount of bleeding that stops of its own accord, forming a hematoma or internal bruise, which usually collects at the top of the vagina above the stitches there. After some days this starts to appear as a dark discharge—a nuisance, but only a temporary one.

Infections

Urinary tract infections are common after hysterectomy. Urinary tract infections occur because the bladder and urethra are so close to the parts being handled, cut, and stitched. Also, a urinary catheter is used to keep the bladder empty during the surgery. All of this can enable the bacteria, which are normal inhabitants of the bowel, access to the bladder, thereby causing infection.

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March 8, 2012

Mirena Lawyer To Offer Free Case Evaluations to Public

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Mirena Device May Cause Infections

No surgery is entirely without risk. You need to be aware not only of worst-case scenarios, but also of the various possibilities that may delay your healing, require further surgery or other treatment, and lengthen your recovery time. The risks of surgery are obviously greater for women as they get older and women with certain existing medical problems. If you are over sixty-five or have heart disease or chronic lung problems, you clearly may have more difficulty with your anesthetic than a fit thirty-five-year-old who runs ten miles a week.

Infections

Urinary tract infections and wound infections are the most common infections after hysterectomy. Wound infections can also cause a rise in temperature, accompanied by the development of redness at the incision site—on your belly after an abdominal hysterectomy or your perineum after vaginal surgery—and, sometimes, pus or a vaginal discharge as well. Often, simply removing the stitches cures the infection, but sometimes it is necessary to use antibiotics.

Organ Damage

The bowel, bladder, and ureters (the tubes leading to the kidneys) actually are to the uterus are situated close to the uterus. In most cases, it is very easy for your surgeon to move these organs out of harm’s way, but there are cases in which the pelvic organs are all stuck together by endometriosis, infection, or scar tissue from previous surgery. In these instances, the bladder and/or bowel may be damaged. If the bladder or ureter is damaged, and then repaired, a urinary catheter will be left in place for several days post-op to allow healing, and antibiotics will be prescribed. If the bowel has been damaged and repaired, you will be kept on a lowroughage diet for a while postoperatively, and you will also receive antibiotics.

Thrombosis and Embolism

Thrombosis is a condition in which blood stagnates in the blood vessels in the legs and forms clots. Bits of these clots may break off and travel through the blood vessels to the lungs, causing a blockage that interferes with the exchange of oxygen in the lung and can be fatal. This is called a pulmonary embolism. Keeping the legs immobile during any surgery, as well as certain blood changes caused by surgery itself, can predispose to thrombosis and embolism.

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February 25, 2012

Mirena Lawyer Reports on Injuries – Free Case Evaluations

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Mirena May Cause Depression

Some other studies have also shown a link between hysterectomies and depression. Researchers have found that women are more likely to have psychological problems after a hysterectomy (whether or not the ovaries are removed) than after other kinds of surgery. They are also more likely to have problems than if they had had no surgery at all. Depression does not always show up immediately after a hysterectomy. Often a woman will not report feeling depressed until the end of the first year or during the second year after her operation.

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Thrombophlebitis or venous thrombosis indicates the presence of thrombus within a superficial or deep vein and the accompanying inflammatory response in the vessel wall. Thrombosis of a deep vein of the legs or Deep Vein Thrombosis is a common complication associated with hysterectomy. Usually, Deep Vein Thrombosis begins in the veins of the calf, but it may also arise directly from the femoral or iliac veins.

Symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Typical symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis are pain, warmth, redness, and swelling in the calf or leg. Usual findings are edema, distention of collateral veins, and the presence of a palpable cord. Cyanosis may be present if venous obstruction is severe. Cough or sneezing may provoke pain along the course of a vein (“Louvel’s sign”). Pain or discomfort may be provoked by dorsiflexion of the ankle (“Homans’ sign”). Inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff may induce pain in the affected calf at a pressure lower than the unaffected one (“Lowenberg’s sign”). The dorsal veins of the feet may remain distended even after elevation of the legs.

Second Opinion

Be alert to pressure from your physician to have surgery for the bleeding. Before agreeing to a hysterectomy, you should always get a second or even a third opinion.

If you fit any of these descriptions above, we urge you to contact our team of Mirena lawyers at 1-800-632-1404 to discuss, or please fill out a form to the right or below. We stand ready to discuss how we can try and help you.

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February 25, 2012

Mirena Lawyer Reports on Hysterectomy Procedures

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Mirena May Cause Unnecessary Surgery

One injury that may result from Mirena is a hysterectomy. More information on this potential complication, which is unnecessary in our opinion, is as follows:

Each year a substantial number of Americans die from unnecessary surgery. The physician who practices surgery without the necessary skill, or the surgeon who performs unnecessary surgery, can rightly expect his relationship to his patients to be destroyed, should the patient ever learn of the improper nature of the doctor’s activity, as many patients do. The doctor can also expect to suffer loss of reputation in the community and economic threat to his own welfare through retaliatory malpractice suits. There is no question that unnecessary surgery is performed by some physicians. The physician who performs unnecessary surgery is undermining the very foundations of a decent, honest, patient-oriented relationship. Many hysterectomies are considered as unnecessary surgeries. Providers collect cash for unnecessary surgery, while the surgery has serious psychological and medical aftereffects on the victim.

Taking a decision

Because the uterus is such a strong symbol of womanhood, many women approach the idea of having hysterectomy with great anxiety. The operation may be advised because of a serious tumor in the uterus or associated tissues or it may be suggested as a treatment for symptoms that may not be due to serious disease such as heavy periods. In these cases, only the woman concerned knows how incapacitated she is by her symptoms and so she must decide whether or not she wants a hysterectomy. The operation is becoming less common because many of the conditions for which is used to be performed are being treated in other ways. Hysterectomy if possible such be avoided in women who still want to have children.

Deep venous thrombosis

One of the risks of open and vaginal hysterectomy is deep venous thrombosis. In deep venous thrombosis, blood clots form in the veins of the legs. Pieces of clot can break off and travel through the blood stream to the lungs or heart, causing very serious blockages (pulmonary embolism). If your legs are kept very still, as they are during any major surgery, the slowing of the blood flow predisposes to the formation of clots in the leg veins.

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February 25, 2012

Mirena Devices May Cause a Hysterctomy Says Mirena Lawyer

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Mirena May Cause Improper Emotional Response

Hysterectomy is more likely to cause mental illness than other operations. Difficulties after hysterectomy may be caused by physical and hormonal consequences of the operation, intertwined with the woman’s emotional response to the loss of her womb. The womb has enormous symbolic significance as a life-giving organ, a source of strength and vitality as well as one connected with sexual pleasure and female competence. The uterus is the source of menstruation and, with the ovaries, is also an organ that is perceived as a preserver of youth and attractiveness. Small wonder, then, that hysterectomy is at least potentially surgery with a negative effect on women’s psyche and their sense of bodily integrity, surgery that may be followed by emotional upheavals. While the loss of reproductive abilities should perhaps not be viewed as a loss of femininity, at the same time, this is a perfectly reasonable way to react to such surgery. Although the uterus may have been diseased and the cause of much trouble, after hysterectomy its loss may understandably be mourned. The absence of menstruation is particularly disturbing to some women, many of whom wish to know about the effects of retaining in the body all the so-called bad blood that used to seep out with menstruation.

Counseling & Support

Unless carefully counseled, many women feel that they are sexually less attractive, incomplete, or somehow diminished by hysterectomy. And there is nothing unexpected or wrong with such feelings. An unsympathetic husband (or gynecologist, or hospital personnel) can undermine hours of reassurance. Fear of pain and the loss of control and depersonalization of a bad hospital experience also tend to make hysterectomy a potentially troubling experience.

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