Posts Tagged ‘ Prolene Hernia System ’

Hernia Mesh Complications- Is the FDA Watching? Part II

Nov 28th, 2012 | By
Hernia Mesh Complications- Is the FDA Watching?  Part II

November 28, 2012 ~ Continuation from Part I, According to hernia mesh removal surgeon, Dr. Kevin Petersen, in a certain percentage of patients, the body will detect hernia mesh as a foreign material and will reject it. Symptoms may include scar tissue that leads to chronic pain and causes mesh to shrink and shrivel up,
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Sheri Ragan Still Suffering from Biologic Hernia Mesh

Feb 3rd, 2012 | By
Sheri Ragan Still Suffering from Biologic Hernia Mesh

Sheri Ragan is playing the waiting game – waiting for a hospital in Ormond Beach, Florida to decide when and if it will take Medicaid so she can have an infected biologic mesh implant removed by the doctor of her choice. At 42, Ragan still doesn’t know how she ended up with six years of
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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.