Surgery Mesh Recall

If you have suffered from vaginal mesh complications please contact us for the latest surgery mesh recall news. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 80,000 women had transvaginal mesh surgery in 2010 to correct pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Johnson and Johnson announced a surgical mesh recall, which is the first major recall of transvaginal mesh in 2012. Surgical repair using transvaginal mesh to treat vaginal apical prolapse is linked with an increased rate of complications when compared to traditional surgery procedures and can result in additional surgeries. Abdominal pelvic organ prolapse repair using mesh seems to have lower rates of surgery mesh complications compared to POP surgical repair with transvaginal mesh.

Over fifty percent of patients who suffered from surgery mesh erosion from non-absorbable mesh had to undergo an additional surgery to remove the mesh while other patients underwent two to three additional surgeries. There has been an increase in the number of reported surgery mesh complications involving mesh contraction which can cause vaginal shortening, tightening and pain associated with vaginal mesh used in POP surgeries.

If the mesh has eroded into the bladder from a sling procedure (TVT type, TOT or Mini sling) or from a vaginal mesh procedure (such as Anterior Prolift, Avaulta, Perigee, Elevate etc) it can cause blood in the urine, recurrent UTI’s, pain or fistula (draining of urine into the vagina). It is very rare that mesh will erode into the bladder over time, and many times it may have been placed in the bladder at time of surgery however was not recognized until later.
Treatment involves removing the mesh from the bladder and repairing the bladder defect as well as the vaginal defect. This can sometimes be completed vaginally, however in most cases it will be recommended an abdominal approach to the bladder be utilized.

If the mesh has eroded into the bladder from a sling procedure (TVT type, TOT or Mini sling) or from a vaginal mesh procedure (such as Anterior Prolift, Avaulta, Perigee, Elevate etc) it can cause blood in the urine, recurrent UTI’s, pain or fistula (draining of urine into the vagina). It is very rare that mesh will erode into the bladder over time, and many times it may have been placed in the bladder at time of surgery however was not recognized until later.
Treatment involves removing the mesh from the bladder and repairing the bladder defect as well as the vaginal defect. This can sometimes be completed vaginally, however in most cases it will be recommended an abdominal approach to the bladder be utilized.

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