Labour is calling for a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh implants, and will also call for the use of the controversial products to be halted with immediate effect while the...
Kate Langley has been left in permanent pain by her vaginal mesh implant By Victoria Derbyshire Presenter More than 800 UK women are taking legal action against the NHS and the makers of...
By Victoria Derbyshire ; More than 800 UK women are taking legal action against the NHS and the makers of vaginal mesh implants, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned. ; The implants are used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence after childbirth, but some can cut into the vagina - causing severe discomfort. ; Some women have been left in permanent pain, unable to walk, work or have sex. One called the implants "barbaric". ; The UK's medicines regulator said it "sympathises" with the women affected.
140 women in England receive payout for vaginal mesh implant complications ; Primodos patients ‘betrayed’ after being left out of health scandals redress report ; Woman who suffered complications from vaginal mesh implant awarded at least £1m ; The people making a difference: she was devastated by vaginal-mesh surgery. Now she helps others recover
A global medical company failed to fully inform doctors of the risks of vaginal mesh implants... the implant. In an email in January 2009, the associate medical director suggested that the...
A summary of the evidence on the benefits and risks of vaginal mesh implants.
Women who say they've been injured by vaginal mesh implants used to treat pelvic floor problems will claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages from makers Johnson and Johnson, the Federal C...
A vaginal mesh implant made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) was launched without a clinical trial, and then marketed for five years after the company learned that it had a higher failure rate...
Hundreds of women annually are having procedures to remove vaginal mesh implants intended to... a mesh implant for prolapse. Since 2008 there have been 2,639 removals among the 100,516...
A woman who used her life savings to have vaginal mesh removed in the United States said she could no longer wait for surgery in Northern Ireland after passing blood and debris. ; About 53 women are currently on an outpatient waiting list, while 47 are waiting for surgery. ; However, the net-like implant can erode and harden, cutting through tissue causing serious pain and damage to organs. ; Her GP made an urgent referral to Altnagelvin, where a secretary told her it could be up to eight months before she would be seen at the Belfast Mesh Clinic.