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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
Is unnecessary surgery a fact? If surgeons know beforehand that an operation is unnecessary, there can be only one reason to go ahead and perform it anyway: money. Although the surgical profession is not riddled with avaricious opportunists who are beyond control, there are some in the medical profession who reject the idea that any unnecessary surgery exists.
“Unnecessary surgery” is surgery performed without any expectation of improving either the quality of a patient’s life or the length of that life. Even with the best intentions, it may turn out that a given operation fails to produce the expected results. While, in one sense, this operation has proved to be “unnecessary,” it is only unnecessary in hindsight.
Since surgery is not an exact science, such judgments will occasionally turn out to have been in error. As it is usually used, however, the phrase “unnecessary surgery” implies that surgeons know that certain operative procedures are not necessary but perform them anyway, thus subjecting patients to unnecessary risk and expense. There are dishonest and unethical people in all businesses and professions. Hysterectomy or removal of the uterus is a common example of unnecessary surgery. The necessity for hysterectomy has declined with the use of alternative therapies.
Although not everyone will need to have their tonsils out, uterus removed, or blood vessels repaired, some people will need these operations for certain specific reasons. This is where surgical judgment comes in. Surgeons are well aware that the indications for certain operations change with new information, and those who remain current with the new information in their specialty are more aware of this than others. You can easily appreciate how important it is for your surgeon to remain up to date. It is estimated that the surgical information base completely turns over every six years. As a result, if your proposed surgeon does not participate in continuing medical education programs — by attending professional meetings or reading surgical journals or making rounds at a teaching hospital — you may be placing yourself in the hands of someone whose knowledge and skills have become obsolete.
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.