Georgia Personal Injury Attorney

For the past several years, transvaginal mesh has been used to repair problems including stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP), which occurs when pelvic organs fall out of place, by stitching the connective tissue in the vaginal wall muscle back together.

Despite it’s common use, transvaginal mesh has been linked to a number of dangerous complications, including:

• infection,
• pain,
• mesh erosion,
• urinary problems including recurrence of prolapse or incontinence,
• vaginal scarring,
• pain during sex, and
• bowel, bladder or blood-vessel perforations.

Some women have reported recurrences of the prolapse and the need for more surgeries to attempt to remove surgical mesh that had eroded into the vagina.  Surgical mesh is a permanent implant; many times it cannot removed leaving patients with an impaired quality of life and continued pain.

According to the FDA, over 1,000 reports of complications have been reported over the past three years tied to nine surgical mesh manufacturers; it has been reported that as many as 100,000 women have been treated for POP with surgical mesh within the past year. Importantly, many reports indicate that POP can be treated successfully without mesh, avoiding the risk of mesh-related complications.  

If you received transvaginal mesh in conjunction with a surgery for pelvic organ prolapse or urinary stress incontinence, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.  Contact our defective products attorney for a free consultation to discuss your legal rights.