DECEMBER 29, 2011 ~ The Netherlands will begin a patient registry of synthetic gynecological mesh in early 2012 requiring gynecologists to report the growing number of complications emerging from use of the mesh. The U.S. has yet to establish post-surgery patient tracking to determine the actual number of adverse events. Investigative reporter, Ellen de Visser
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It’s two a.m. Christmas Eve morning and I can’t sleep. I can’t get comfortable for pain in my leg. For most people, Christmas Eve is full of last minute shopping. I haven’t done any this year. Share this:
As I reflect back on the last year I feel it is in order to share many things with those of you who have cared and loved us. I sat today looking back on how it all has been and last December It all started with the engine blowing up in my van, a week
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DECEMBER 23, 2011 ~ The consumer group Public Citizen frequently calls for the recall of dangerous drugs or medical devices including a petition last August calling for the recall of synthetic surgical mesh from the market because of the complication rate and a failure to show a benefit over risk (here). Share this:
DECEMBER 22, 2011 – The Athens Georgia law firm of Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. has filed a motion to have various plaintiffs from around the country centralize their defective transvaginal surgical mesh litigation in one federal court – the Southern District of West Virginia. Share this:
DECEMBER 22, 2011 – This projection by the Toronto-based Millennium Research Group (MRG) says some doctors report they lack confidence in the current urogynecologic surgical mesh products. Sales have been flat in 2011 partially due to patients speaking out about adverse events (see Patient Profiles here), two warnings about complications from the Food and Drug
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The topic of removing mesh has become problematic. Not only should Mesh News Desk not recommend any doctor to remove mesh, (we didn’t) but there has been some expression that even a mention here by others implies an endorsement to those desperate for a solution. Realistically, MND cannot vouch for the expertise of any doctor
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Artificial hips that fail, surgical mesh that injures – the New York Times reports (here) on December 14, 2011, that amid the growing number of problems with medical devices a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would require device makers follow the life of their products after they’re approved for sale. Share
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Medtronic is the world’s top maker of medical devices and it didn’t get that way without help. The U.S. Department of Justice accused the Minnesota-based company of having friends in high places – Share this:
Why I do this One thing that is hurting women is the letter they get from Lawyers telling them to not speak. It is written in a way that the whole world is out to get you and take away your chance of receiving compensation if you say one word. Share this:
