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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.
TVM Complications
Many women who have had tranvaginal mesh implants have complained of complications. One common complication associated with transvaginal mesh implants is dyspareuia. Dealing with dyspareuia can be a tough task.
Depression is commonly experienced by women trying to come to terms with the fact that they have dyspareuia. Depression can be caused or exacerbated by a number of factors: the stress of coping with dyspareuia that drains you of energy; the strain of living with constant pain; stressed relationships; uncertainty over your future health, wellbeing or lifestyle; the disappointment of not being able to conceive; or a combination of all these. The most important thing to remember when trying to deal with depression is that it is a phase you will get through. Depression, like anger, is a normal part of the grieving process and you must allow yourself the time and space to grieve for what your diagnosis has taken away from you.
Dyspareuia inevitably leads to some degree of isolation because you cannot participate fully in the world around you. Your sense of isolation is often made worse if your partner, family and friends do not know about the disease and how it affects you. Ignorance is the most common reason for people being unsupportive or unsympathetic so, although it is often difficult, you owe it to yourself to tell your loved ones about the disease and its effects on you. This knowledge will enable them to support you more effectively and protect your relationships with them.
Many women feel guilty about the impact the disease has on their lives and relationships. Some feel guilty because they cannot fulfill all their responsibilities to their families and their relatives have to look after them from time to time. Many women suffer terrible guilt because they cannot have a normal sexual relationship with their partner.
Coping with your dyspareuia may be easy or it may need all the strength you can muster. Regardless of how easy or hard it is, take one step at a time and give yourself plenty of time to work through the difficulties. Most likely, you will not be able to deal with everything at once. It may help to choose one or two problems you want to tackle at the moment and then work out what you need to do in order to deal with them. Remember, tackling a problem does not necessarily mean solving it—it may just mean getting it under better control so that it is less disruptive to your life.
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.
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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.