New Jersey Superior Court will be the venue for an upcoming number of hernia mesh trials focused on the LifeCell Strattice biologic mesh. This is the first trial of a biologic mesh made of pig skin.
Breaking News - a Verdict has just been reached for Paul Trevino who claims injuries from his Bard/Davol Ventralex mesh. Jurors decided on $4.8 Million in compensatory damages.
As the hernia mesh trial of Paul Trevino and Bard/Davol concludes its third week, MND offers a glimpse of courtroom happenings in this case, closely watched by patients, lawyers and mesh makers.
The Paul Trevino trial is the first among thousands to be heard in Rhode Island state court and will be closely watched by the hernia mesh industry.
In a Friday verdict, an Ohio jury decided Becton, Dickinson, which acquired Bard 5 years ago, must pay a hernia mesh injured man $255k. Punitive damages were not awarded.
Vladae Roytapel is known as the, Russian Dog Wizard, from Newport Beach, California. Voted Best Dog Trainer in his area for many years, he was at a loss as to how to address his hernia.
What facility did Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) choose when he had to have a hernia operation? Hint- It's not in the U.S.
Dr. Shirin Towfigh is a hernia mesh doctor in Beverly Hills, CA. Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this medical device
Dr. Vladimir Iakovlev is a pathologist who has studied more than 500 explanted polypropylene and bovine/ porcine meshes for hernia and pelvic repair. Scar tissue shrinks mesh. Infections can be fatal.
Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and hernia-mesh injured man who understands how to help people injured by hernia mesh. He asks- Is it the polypropylene?
Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Clinic, Toronto, flew to London to participate in the Parliamentary debate initiated by the patient group, Sling the Mesh.
Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Hospital, Toronto Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2017 ~ Dr. Robert Bendavid is a leading hernia surgeon wit…
MND loves to hear true tales of healing from readers. Thank you. Jack Wilkerson did his homework and chose a hernia surgeon in So. Korea and was pleased with the results.
Court documents reveal to MND all of the chemicals used to make most polypropylene mesh, whether hernia or pelvic.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader interviews Dr. Robert Bendavid on hernia mesh and Jane Akre, editor of Mesh News Desk on the hundreds of thousands of patient injuries that are going unrecognized.
This article, Sponsored Content is written by Brett Vaughn, RN, BSN, and JD of the Hollis Law firm of Kansas. The firm represents patients injured by Atrium Medical's C-Qur coated hernia mesh.
Using Plastic for Permanent Implants may not have been the most biocompatible choice of industry, especially when you consider a lifetime of contact with bodily fluids.
Please help ProPublica put a face on patient harm. The nonprofit news organization continues to report on patient harm from largely unregulated medical devices.
Bruce Rosenberg, patient advocate, talks to thousands of hernia mesh injured patients every year. The truth is there are few avenues for those who have been injured by a permanent implant, hernia mesh
In June 2014, Keller, Fishback & Jackson LLP filed a multi-plaintiff case in California Superior Court against Atrium Medical Corp. on behalf of eight plaintiffs who were implanted with Atrium mesh
In this excellent article by General Surgery News by Dr. Robert Bendavid on the history of hernia mesh as well as the present-day debate on its use.
Fantastic researcher and friend, Suzanne McClain has always been the most competent person in digging through the U.S. Food and Drug data on the origins of mesh.
Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Filed Against Atrium Medical Corporation, By Dan C. Bolton and Farid Zakaria, Keller, Fishback & Jackson LLP
Bruce Rosenberg and '64 LeMans convertible MND, Jan. 6, 2014 ~ Transvaginal mesh has been used in women to shore up pelvic organs since the late 1990...
American Medical Systems (AMS) has just received FDA clearance to market a new incontinence sling called RetroArc, used to treat incontinence.
Prolift, sold on eBay The first federal trial accusing healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of making defective transvaginal mesh will begin wi...
Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, CDRH If you ask the public, most say they want safer medical devices, not more of them. If you ask the patients profiled in Mes...
Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its talcum-based Baby Powder in North America and Canada due to allegations and lawsuits over its asbestos contamination.
MND, November 17, 2015 ~ This woman did one year ago. She found the MAUDE database inside the FDA. Here is the URL for her anonymous report she made ...
