Posts Tagged ‘ pelvic mesh ’

Hundreds of Utah Women File Lawsuits Alleging Complications for Pelvic Implants

Jul 8th, 2012 | By
Hundreds of Utah Women File Lawsuits Alleging Complications for Pelvic Implants

~Salt Lake Tribune, July 8, 2012 “Lee” had a pelvic mesh sling implanted six years ago to treat incontinence, which was an inconvenience. But after two surgeries and continuing health complications, Lee and about 50 other Utah women have filed lawsuits alleging they are suffering “severe and permanent  bodily injuries” from the pelvic mesh devices
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WHO ATTENDED: September 8-9 FDA Public/ Expert Meeting on Medical Devices for Obstetrics and Gynecology

Oct 4th, 2011 | By
WHO ATTENDED: September 8-9 FDA Public/ Expert Meeting on Medical Devices for Obstetrics and Gynecology

Synthetic surgical mesh has been on the hot seat of late after a July 13 FDA Safety Communication said that complications are “not rare,” a reversal from an October 2008 Public Health Notification which downplayed side effects as “rare”occurrences. Share this:

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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.