Complications and claim in bladder lawsuit
Transvaginal synthetic mesh implant common in not only the
US but all across the globe to treat patients from pelvic organ prolapse and
stress urinary incontinence. Close to 200,000 surgical procedures are done for
POP and SUI every year in the U.S. itself.
In 2002, the FDA approved of these devices, for the treatment
POP and SUI in elder women. Unfortunately, the mesh makers concealed of the
probable side effects of these implantable devices. Thousands of bladder mesh lawsuit files were brought
to the state courts claiming for the damage
awards for the needless physical injuries.
The most common complications of transvaginal mesh surgery include but not limited to:
· Mesh erosion
·
urinary and genital infection and irritation
·
urinary tract obstruction
·
relapse of stress urinary incontinence
·
urethra injury
·
chronic pelvic pain
·
blood in urine from damaged pelvic vessels
·
Painful intercourse
To cure the above mentioned complications, often the only
feasible option is to go for corrective surgery. It helps to clean the broken
mesh particles. As the implant is intended to be a permanent solution, the
healthy tissues starts growing around the mesh soon after the implant surgery.
This makes it very difficult and actually impossible to do a proper corrective
surgery and the victims might need to undergo a series of such surgeries. This
causes the pelvic muscles to get weakened and revive the original POP or SUI
condition.
The bladder mesh lawsuit allows the patients to speak up for their physical as well as
psychological injuries and deterioration in regular lifestyle. The lawsuits
cite how the manufacturing companies did not reveal to either the doctors or
the patients about the associated risks of mesh insertion. Moreover, there was no
proper clinical trial before releasing the product into the market. They kept
on misrepresenting the medical devices as a safe alternative to the existing POP and SUI treatment procedures.
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