Tina Burris, implanted with two transvaginal meshes made by Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon) will have her defective product day in a Toledo, Ohio courtroom beginning in July.
J.S. will finally have her day in a Dallas Court in February. Her Abbrevo implant allegedly caused her nerve injury and pain. The doctor is accused of medical malpractice based on negligence.
Why is the leading urogynecology organization saying that SUI mesh is not a problem where there have been thousands of defective product lawsuits?
Real Housewife, Erika Jayne Girardi, gave the green light to release 52 transvaginal mesh cases to be handled by other firms after Girardi Keese was forced into bankruptcy proceedings.
Jan Urban has been reaching out online to other mesh-injured women for a decade trying to raise awareness about mesh injuries.
Writer, mesh-injured activist, and author, Nancy Gretzinger contributes this story about her experience with her implant and a controversial treatment.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune report that newly implanted pelvic mesh women were sold on a mesh implant by doctors who said it was "new mesh."
The Lancet is one of the oldest medical journals in the world. Ed Holt writes for The Lancet about the FDA's decision to suspend the sales of POP mesh because of safety and efficacy concerns.
By Dr. Una Lee, MD, of Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Bellevue, Washington State reports on the non-mesh alternatives to mesh which your doctor may not tell you about.
The pelvic mesh trial of Patricia Mesigian, conducted in Philadelphia, ended with an $80M jury award to the mesh-injured woman.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 1, 2019 ~ May first is the Worldwide Mesh Awareness Day, a term coined by the Mesh Awareness Movement, though recog…
Mesh News Desk is trying to clear up some of the confusion concerning the 2019 FDA decision about POP mesh, essentially removing it from the market. This applies to pelvic organ prolapse mesh only!
Even though the Food and Drug Administration began taking in mesh-related complaints in early 2000, nine years later the agency decided mesh to treat prolapse is not safe or effective and banned it.
Some transvaginal mesh attorneys are hotly contesting the 5% common benefit fund which was supposed to be distributed among those firms who did the most work in the mesh MDL.
While more than $7 billion has gone to settle pelvic mesh cases, some law firms believe their contribution to trying the cases is being subverted and they are being cheated of what they are due.
The judge overseeing more than 100-thousand pelvic mesh product liability lawsuits addressed the lawyers involved in pelvic mesh litigation. He delivered good news, they can split $550M from a 5% fund
The American Urogynecologic Society still promotes the mid-urethral sling as an option for women experiencing incontinence and wants to keep it that way despite a lawsuit by Washington AG against JNJ.
It may not come as a surprise to the many readers of Mesh News Desk (MND) who have been implanted with pelvic mesh, but a study finds many in declining mental health, even suicides.
What happened with the Mesh Mess in 2018? Here are just some of the highlights of coverage in the U.S. in 2018 with many more stories reported glob…
AUGS, the American Urogynecologic Society concluded its annual members meeting this month, standing by its commitment to the use of polypropylene mesh, despite the many injuries reported.
Mesh injured women traveled across the country in October 2018 to speak face-to-face with urogynecologists who advocate implanting polypropylene pelvic mesh to show them the faces of the injured.
Another media outlet shares MND feelings about mainstream media coverage of pelvic mesh injuries, which has focused on "greedy lawyers" rather than mesh makers and harm.
Nancy Gretzinger, Author, Educator, Patient Advocate, mesh victim turned to writing and advocacy to deal with her mesh injury.
After a conversation with someone familiar with medical devices, she thought mesh was off the market. It is not and is still used as a first-line treatment for incontinence, despite the problems.
SUI Mesh use will be suspended in England after regulators listened to stories from injured patients.
C-QUR from Hollis Law website/ www.hollislawfirm.com Mesh Medical Device News Desk, February 6, 2017~ The latest hernia mesh complications product to...
The three-week trial of Jennifer Snowden concluded with a jury win for Ethicon over her Abbrevo transvaginal mesh. She vows to continue the fight for other women.
Desara mesh by Caldera Medical Mesh Medical Device News Desk~ Welcome to Mesh Medical Device News Desk, your website for news and updates on pelvic a…
WikiCommons, Scott Steiner December 15, 2012~ It's unfortunate.... women and men injured by mesh and medical devices receive will sorts of solicitati...
