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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
Transvaginal mesh is used to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Many patients have reported suffering from complications caused by the use of transvaginal mesh. In many cases, the mesh is known to have perforated the nearby organs leading to further complications.
Bladder or urethera perforation is a common side effect of the transvaginal mesh. In some cases, despite the best efforts of physicians and surgeons, sometimes the bladder or the urethra has been so severely damaged that it no longer serves its intended purpose and the person is rendered hopelessly incontinent. In such cases, the only hope for the person to achieve complete continence, remain confidently dry, and lead a normal life is reconstructive surgery. These operations use part of the intestines to replace the functions of the bladder and urethra. There are two kinds of operations that are done: one is called cystoplasty; the other, urinary diversion.
Both of these operations are major surgeries that require an inpatient stay of about 3 to 10 days or more. Because your intestines will be used in the operation, preoperative bowel preparation is necessary. This means that all bowel contents (feces) need to be evacuated and the bowel sterilized. The bowel prep usually begins on the day prior to surgery. You’ll probably be instructed to have a liquid diet and you’ll be given a cathartic to clean out the intestinal tract.
As with any other procedure there are potential complications. Life threatening complications are very rare and occur in less than 1% of patients. Internal bleeding is a potential complication but, for practical purposes, it is very rare unless the operation is being done in conjunction with removal of the bladder for cancer. Respiratory (breathing) complications such as collapse of a portion of a lung or pneumonia are not uncommon in this or any other abdominal operation but are usually quite minor and rarely prolong the hospital stay. The usual treatment is physiotherapy to the lungs and sometimes antibiotics. The most serious complications are bowel obstruction, ureteral obstruction, and leakage of urine through the reservoir or conduit into the abdominal cavity. Bowel obstruction can occur if the intestine becomes scarred or twisted. The usual symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and crampy abdominal pain.
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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