There are a large number of side effects and complications associated with the use of transvaginal mesh, also known as pelvic mesh. One of the most common side effects is pain. Women who have undergone the surgery often report experiencing significant pain. This can be a result of the body growing on an around the pelvic mesh implant. It can sometimes rub up against organs and other tissues causing pain that is sometimes difficult to bear and deal with.
The mesh has also been known to erode through the wall of the vagina. This erosion process can eat away at the tissue in the vagina and cause serious pain for anyone suffering from the issue. This can also lead to infection and swelling throughout the area where the mesh resides and require more surgery to fix the issue. When enough of the vaginal tissue erodes, pain during sexual intercourse can also occur along with bleeding during and after intercourse.
One of the more serious side effects that can occur after transvaginal mesh surgery is organ perforation. When the mesh is inserted via the vagina, it does not always fit properly and can sometimes move around. When this happens it can cut through other tissue around the vagina. This often does not cause serious harm, however on occasion the mesh’s edges can cut through important organs. This can cause major complications if it cuts through organs like the bladder. When this happens, more surgery is needed to correct the problem.
Many of the side effects associated with transvaginal mesh surgery require corrective surgery to fix the problem. Unfortunately, due to the way in which the mesh fits inside the body, the corrective surgery does not always fix the problem. When the mesh is initially used, it is designed to stay inside the body permanently. Because the mesh is supposed to stay in the body permanently, it is difficult to remove. Blood vessels and other tissues grow around the mesh and to remove it surgeons must go in on multiple occasions and remove the mesh piece by piece. This is a difficult procedure and does not always solve the initial problem the surgery sought to solve.
Transvaginal Mesh Stories
These injuries and surgeries that have resulted from the use of transvaginal mesh have lead to an increasing number of lawsuits against the makers of the products used to produce transvaginal mesh.
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Before companies designed products to act as transvaginal mesh, mesh pieces were custom made by doctors to fit the specific patient in need. This procedure was often more invasive but resulted in less post-surgery complications. There are a number of notable lawsuits that have come from the use of transvaginal mesh.
Linda Gross is one such example. Linda underwent 18 revision surgeries following the initial surgery to implant the transvaginal mesh. The surgeries do not guarantee that any of the symptoms will disappear. After these 18 surgeries, Gross was awarded 11.11 million dollars from Johnson & Johnson. These repeated surgeries can become quite expensive and many people that have been forced to deal with them have found this out the hard way. The FDA has warned that serious complications following transvaginal mesh surgery are quite common.
Another lawsuit that has gained attention is the case against C.R. Bard. Donna Cisson sued Bard in 2013. It was discovered that Bard did not do a proper job of warning Cisson about the potential risks associated with using the device. Many of these devices did not receive enough testing prior to their introduction to the market.
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