What is Pelvic Organ Prolapse?
Many women are unaware of the medical condition known as pelvic organ prolapse or POP until it happens to them. Pelvic organ prolapse was called the female version of a…
Many women are unaware of the medical condition known as pelvic organ prolapse or POP until it happens to them. Pelvic organ prolapse was called the female version of a…
She is a woman who was implanted with transvaginal mesh years ago. Today she is suffering the consequences including pelvic pain, chronic infections, as well as some autoimmune complications that…
Urologist and surgeon Dr. Shlomo Raz is considered by many to be the most experienced mesh removal doctor in the world. Women fly to the University of California Los Angeles…
Colonies of bacterial biofilms are thought to play a role in prompting an autoimmune response in patients who have been implanted with polypropylene mesh. Montana State, UC Berkeley, and Stanford…
In a move that could be considered too little and too late – Boston Scientific is updating the warning on its pelvic mesh products. Boston Scientific, based in Marlborough Mass.,…
This is part three of a multi-part series uncovering common myths related to pelvic mesh. Myth Busters Part One can be found here while Myth Busters Part Two can be…
This is part one of a multi-part series uncovering common myths related to pelvic mesh. Myth Busters Part Two can be found here while Myth Busters Part Three can be…
The first warning came from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008. The Public Health Notification came after the agency had received numerous complaints from women who had…
By Jane Akre, Mesh Medical Device News Desk On October 27, 2014, Teresa Stevens was preparing for a scheduled hysterectomy when, at the suggestion of her doctor, she agreed to…
By Jane Akre, Mesh Medical Device News Desk Mostyn Law Files Citizen’s Petition Knowing the Food and Drug Administration has the ability to issue a recall, Steve and Amber Mostyn…