Hernia Patch Lawsuit News
Some people have encountered serious hernia mesh complications. A hernia mesh is a surgical patch that is sometimes used to repair hernias. Hundreds of thousands of hernia repair operations are performed each year both with and without surgical mesh, and patients generally recover quickly and do well after surgery. Please contact us for the latest Hernia patch lawsuit news.
However, FDA has received reports of complications associated with the hernia mesh. The complications include adverse reactions to the mesh, adhesions (when the loops of the intestines adhere to each other or the mesh), and injuries to nearby organs, nerves or blood vessels. Other complications of hernia repair can occur with or without the mesh, including infection, chronic pain and hernia recurrence. Most of the complications reported so far have been associated with mesh products that have been recalled and are no longer on the market.
Which hernia mesh patches have been recalled?
The hernia mesh patches that have been recalled were manufactured by Davol, Inc., and released under the brand names Bard, Composix, and Kugel. In some cases, the ring in these hernia repair mesh patches has broken. This has caused severe injuries to patients’ internal organs and tissue, including bowel obstructions, bowel perforations, and chronic enteric fistulas.
The first Kugel mesh recall was issued on December 22, 2005, when Davol, Inc. recalled its extra large hernia mesh patch. Davol notified U.S. customers of the initial recall by letter on December 27, 2005, which it sent via Federal Express.
In March 2006, the recall was expanded. Since the March 2006 recall expansion, Davol received four confirmed complaints of recoil ring breakage from one of their product codes manufactured between January 2004 and September 2005. Davol issued letters to hospitals and health care professionals on March 24, 2006, alerting them to the additional recalled products.
On January 10, 2007, Davol, Inc. issued another hernia mesh recall for patches that were manufactured before October 2005. Davol sent letters to health care professionals and distributors notifying them of the most recent expansion of this recall of specific lots of Bard, Composix, and Kugel mesh patches. The letter stated that surgeons and hospitals should stop using the recalled product and return unused units to the company.
Hernia Mesh Lawsuit
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