OCTOBER 31, 2011 – She is a former gymnast turned spokesmodel for DePuy who has joined in a lawsuit against the device maker, Johnson & Johnson, after receiving a hip implant that’s left her in crippling pain. Share this:
Jane Dowdall, 55, is from Ontario, Canada and tells her own story of bladder prolapse repair and her life today. “In early 2009, I was referred to an Ob-Gyn for a bladder prolapse repair. During my pre-op appointment he explained that he would be using stitches for the repair, but since there was a good
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse is explained in this You Tube video (click here). The video clearly shows a 3-D animation of the female anatomy which is well done and preferable to some pelvic surgery videos currently on You Tube. Share this:
Boston Scientific Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit Lawsuit Filed According to a story in About Lawsuits.com, a woman from Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Boston Scientific after she says she was injured and debilitated by the Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit made by Boston Scientific. The woman, Minnie V. Mann, says in her complaint
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Linda Kilpatrick, 64, is a feisty redhead who lives with her adult daughter outside of Houston in a house her daughter is building. The widow came to Texas by way of Luton, England, 30 miles north of London and today she’s reluctantly become an advocate for women injured by surgical mesh. Share this:
This story published in The Guardian really makes you wonder whether or not female genitalia is synonymous with pure cash. At a five-star golf resort outside Tucson Arizona, reporter Marie Myung- Ok Lee creates the picture of the one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures, improving female private parts. Share this:
I’m Jane Akre, the News Editor at Mesh / Medical Device News Desk and I’m here to help and to put a face on the devastating injuries that women and men report to the FDA. Really. I have found this to be an extraordinary story ever since I did the Suffering in Silence series more
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Thanks for stopping by. Many years from now the public will probably look back and say “They put permanently implanted medical devices in people without any scientific review for safety? ” By then it may seem a perfectly normal question, but for now, Mesh/Medical Device News Desk (MDND) is devoted to telling the stories of
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by Jane Akre, OCTOBER 18, 2011 – Ever since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its July 13th notification that complications from the implantation of surgical mesh in women are “not rare”, (see here) the mesh manufacturers were put on notice that women suffering in silence from the effects of synthetic surgical mesh would
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OCTOBER 13, 2011 – Hundreds of lawsuits against medical device maker, C.R. Bard, have been filed and the latest motion attempts to bring them into one mass case. Share this:
