Was a Vaginal Surgical Mesh Used to Repair Pelvic Organ Prolapse?

Doctors Say This Causes More Problems than it Helps; Let Our Class Action Attorneys Help You

An announcement from the FDA on July 13, 2011 confirms that manufacturers of surgical mesh to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have put many women at great risk of serious injury because the surgical mesh products can cause unnecessary erosion, pain, urinary problems and other complications. Some of the companies marketing these dangerous products are: Bard, Tyco, and Mentor.

The FDA is alerting doctors and the public that the vaginal surgical mesh products also known as TVM or transvaginal mesh provide no benefits to justify the serious, unnecessary risks and problems the mesh creates. The FDA’s warning is especially troubling for patients, because other, safer, products have long been available to treat the same conditions for which the surgical mesh is marketed.

The FDA has decided to convene a panel of experts to consider just how serious the problems are and what steps must be taken to protect the public from the dangers of these surgical mesh implants when used to treat POP and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The panel of obstetrics and gynecology experts will meet in September.

Lawyers around the nation have been pursuing cases against the mesh manufacturers, in attempts to force the companies to recognize their liability for placing women at great danger while providing no benefit to the patients, in spite of claims by the companies that these products were safe and beneficial. The FDA alert confirms that the companies have not revealed the true nature of the risks of these products.

In addition to Bard, Tyco, and Mentor, plaintiffs’ lawyers are also investigating Ethicon, AMS, and Boston Scientific, to determine if they sold surgical mesh products with insufficient warnings or defective designs.