What You Need to Know About Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Transvaginal mesh lawsuits are a new legal issue affecting women right now. Here’s everything you need to know about transvaginal mesh lawsuits.
What is a Transvaginal Mesh Implant?
A doctor implants transvaginal mesh through the vagina to provide extra support for damaged internal tissue. Women receive surgery for a transvaginal mesh to treat pain, bleeding, infection, organ perforation, and autoimmune problems. Transvaginal mesh is one of the only surgical treatments for urinary incontinence.
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Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit-Why Women are Suing
After these procedures, women began to experience extreme pain, Discomfort, organ damage, and other severe complications due to this device. Due to this implant, most women report difficulties sitting, walking, having sex, and other typical physical activity. Some women have had severe complications requiring further surgery to remove the implant.
The suing women claim the transvaginal mesh manufacturing company was purposefully defective. Therefore, the company promoting these transvaginal mesh implants compromised the safety of the devices and did not inform women of the risks associated with this device’s compromised state.
As of 2019, over 2 thousand cases were pending for court. Patients have settled for over $830 million between 20 thousand cases.
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