Posts Tagged ‘ fascia ’

Teapapers on Immune Boosters

May 14th, 2013 | By
Teapapers on Immune Boosters

May 14, 2013~  Linda K. is still recovering from surgery to reconstruct her urethra using her own fascia.  This followed her mesh removal surgery last year. See her October 2011 MDND profile here. As has been the case for three years, infection continues to be a problem.  While she is not a medical professional, Linda K
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Kathleen: Questions to Ask Before Mesh Removal

Apr 2nd, 2012 | By
Kathleen: Questions to Ask Before Mesh Removal

‘Kathleen‘ (not her real name which she doesn’t want to use because of litigation)  is a regular reader of MDND and has some suggestions on the questions to ask of doctors before a mesh removal. She has had her mesh removed and met with many doctors. Since there are so few removal doctors around the
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We hope you find this a helpful resource. National News Editor, Jane Akre, began MDND with the hope of providing the latest news, information and perspective from the regulatory, industry and patient point of view, something that goes under-reported in much of the coverage of medical devices. The public is just now becoming aware that many devices do not undergo the same scrutiny as prescription drugs and are instead grandfathered in under an FDA loophole that has gone largely unchanged since the 1970s. As a result, patients become the post-market clinical trial subjects, and many suffer devastating and permanent injuries.