Tennessee Injury Law Center
Many women who have suffered from pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence have been treated with transvaginal mesh implants. All too often, these mesh implants have caused painful complications because of mesh eroding, degrading, curling, rolling, migrating or shrinking.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert in October 2008 about transvaginal mesh, warning doctors about the more than 1000 adverse event reports it had received in the previous three years. The reports included complaints of vaginal, bladder or bowel erosion, pelvic pain, bone and hip infections, inflammation, dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse), bowel and bladder perforation, and recurrence of the underlying problem.
In July of 2100 the FDA issued a Safety Communication advising of 2,874 additional reports of complications. from 2008 to 2010.
Many women have needed multiple corrective surgeries and vaginal or rectal reconstructive surgeries to treat problems created by these defective transvaginal mesh products – while still suffering the uncomfortable pelvic conditions that they had hoped would be treated by the implantation of the mesh in the first place.
If you are having problems which you believe to be related to transvaginal mesh, please complete the form to your right or call me (John Day) at 866.812.8787. We will be happy to meet with you and determine whether you have a valid claim against the manufacturer of the vaginal mesh product. If you are uncomfortable talking about your issue with me we have a full-time female nurse who will discuss this matter with you.
Please do not delay. Under Tennessee law, you must file suit within one year of the date you were injured and knew or should have known it was related to a defective product. Failure to file suit on time will result in a loss of whatever rights you have.