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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.
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TVM Complications
One of the complications commonly associated with transvaginal mesh is dyspareunia or painful sexual intercourse. This causes much heartache for women and it can have a devastating effect on their self-esteem and sexual relationships.
Dyspareunia includes such sensations as tearing, burning, aching, and pressure. Dyspareunia can have both physical and psychological causes. It can be caused by gynecological and urological disorders, including diseases of the urethra and bladder. The formation of fibrous plaques, adhesions, or lesions in the genital tract may also produce pain during intercourse.
A woman with dyspareunia experiences pain in the genital area before, during, or after sexual intercourse. The duration, nature and intensity of the pain vary across individuals, but it is generally felt during sexual intercourse. She may have to undergo therapy to control the pain. The main goal of therapy is to help the woman to enjoy sexual contact and to become sexually aroused. Different positions for intercourse, which avoid deep penetration, and exercises to increase the focus on genital sensations are the main elements of treatment.
Sometimes the pain may become unbearable thereby preventing the woman from enjoying an active sexual life. This can affect the woman emotionally and also affect her confidence. Living with dyspareunia involves more than just living with the physical symptoms. It also means living with the gamut of emotions that accompany the disease, and these emotions can be intense. However, understanding the emotions and realizing that you are not alone in feeling them can help make them easier to cope with.
Many women who suffer from dyspareuia are gripped by confusion and fear as the they start to realize that dyspareuia is not a simple disease that can be cured with a short course of tablets. Another common emotion experienced by women is anger. Of course you are angry that this disease has happened to you.
Having to undergo treatment can also be frustrating. The treatments are not usually pleasant and almost all of them have some disrupting side effects. In addition, there is the added uncertainty of whether or not a treatment will work. An unsuccessful treatment can lead to intense disappointment and frustration.
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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