It's faced headwinds in the opioid pain part of the business and has been dealing with lingering legal liabilities due to
vaginal mesh problems.
Not exact matches
The personal injury lawyers who work for Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. are well aware of the fact that approximately 75,000 out of the 100,000 POP surgical repairs that were conducted in 2010 (because patients were suffering from complications after surgery) were repairs that had to be conducted because of
problems caused by a
vaginal mesh implant.
The FDA has received close to 2,874 reports of
vaginal mesh side effects and
problems at the time of writing.
When the FDA first noted
problems with
vaginal mesh surgery procedures, these
problems were described as being rare, but not anymore.
Transvaginal
mesh — a net - like implant, designed to treat pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence, that can cause organ damage, chronic pain, bowel and bladder perforation,
vaginal scarring, urinary
problems and infections.
Women with transvaginal
mesh implants have reported experiencing complications such as severe pain,
vaginal mesh erosion, sexual
problems, urinary
problems, and organ perforation.
The most frequent complications reported by transvaginal
mesh users included
vaginal mesh erosion, severe pain, infection, pain during sex, bleeding,
problems during urination and organ perforation.
Side effects that have been associated with transvaginal
mesh include severe pain,
vaginal mesh erosion, infection, urinary
problems, pain during sex or recurrent prolapse.
Problems that can result from surgery with a transvaginal mesh product can include vaginal mesh erosion, severe pain, problems during sexual intercourse, bleeding, infection and organ perf
Problems that can result from surgery with a transvaginal
mesh product can include
vaginal mesh erosion, severe pain,
problems during sexual intercourse, bleeding, infection and organ perf
problems during sexual intercourse, bleeding, infection and organ perforation.
Some of the potential complications of surgical
mesh include pain, infection, bleeding, organ perforation urinary
problems or
vaginal mesh erosion at higher rates than patients who elect for traditional surgery.
Patients who experience
vaginal mesh erosion may be forced to undergo multiple surgeries in order to correct this
problem.
These patients have alleged that the makers of transvaginal
mesh products failed to properly warn them about the risks associated with their products, including severe pain, infection, bleeding,
vaginal mesh erosion, sexual
problems, urinary
problems and organ perforation.