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fistula ’
Jan 27th, 2013 |
By Jane Akre
Safety of Trans Vaginal Mesh procedure: retrospective study of 684 patients. This is the study by the French researchers known as the TVM group who were perfecting the Prolift technique, learning to develop tools or trocars to implant the mesh in a woman’s pelvic area. Find it here. The study had an average follow-up rate
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Posted in Medical News |
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Tags: abscesses, complications, cystocele, Day 11 Linda Gross v. Ethicon, Ethicon Dr. Charlotte Owens, fistula, hematomas, Prolapse, Prolift, Stress urinary incontinence, transvaginal mesh, trocars 33.6% complications, TVM
Sep 19th, 2012 |
By Jane Akre
September 19, 2012 ~ Last January, after a five-fold increase in complications was noted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning synthetic mesh used in women to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), the FDA ordered mesh makers to find out why. At the time, the unprecedented request was
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Posted in FDA |
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Tags: 510(k), dyspareunia, FDA, fistula, five-fold increase, Food and Drug Administration, infection, least burdensome, mesh erosion, mesh exposure, metal-on-metal hips, mini-slings, neuromuscular, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, POP, postmarket surveillance, recurrence, revision, section 522, Stress urinary incontinence, SUI, synthetic mesh, transvaginal mesh, urogynecologic surgical mesh, vaginal scarring
Jun 9th, 2012 |
By Jane Akre
A few folks have asked whether or not the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Ethicon’s request to place a hold on a three-year study on the complications with transvaginal mesh? The short answer is, not yet. No doubt Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), was not looking forward to spending in
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Posted in Your Turn |
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Tags: 522 study, Division of Small Manufacturers, DSMICA, dyspareunia, Ethicon, FDA, fistula, gynecare, incontnence, International and Consumer Assistance, Johnson & Johnson, Office of Women's Health, pelvic organ prolape, pelvic pain, Prolift, Prolift M, Prosima, scarring, transvaginal mesh, TVT Secur, vaginal shortening
Dec 1st, 2011 |
By Jane Akre
Linda Dodson, a dark-haired, attractive Georgia peach with a long southern drawl to match decided to visit a new gynecologist near her home in Georgia, just south east of Atlanta. After about 30 minutes on the exercise bicycle she would experience a muscle spasm in the urethra area. Not a big deal, she thought. Share
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Posted in Patient Profiles |
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Tags: Adverse events, appendix, CPR, cystocele, Dilaudid, Dodson, erosion, Ethicon, FDA, fistula, gynecologist, Hamburg, hormone replacement therapy, infection, inflammation, medscape, mesh complications, mesh excision, Prolapse, rectocyle, removal, shrinkage, Urogynecologist, vagina
