Ethicon was accused of failing to provide adequate warnings about the safety of its vaginal mesh products, this time allegedly causing an Alabama woman to suffer serious post-surgical complications, according to a recent vaginal mesh lawsuit.
Plaintiff Thelda H. alleges that the Gynecare Prolift Transvaginal Mesh and Transvaginal Tape (TVT) implanted surgically in January 2011 was defectively manufactured and designed, causing serious vaginal mesh complications.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the late 1990s and early 2000s approved transvaginal mesh implants and Transvaginal Tension Free Vaginal Tape (TVT) as a treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
Early on, these products were embraced by doctors as a simpler, easier way to create a long-term solution for women suffering from these embarrassing and often debilitating conditions.
The vaginal mesh lawsuit accuses Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, of negligently manufacturing and selling defective and unreasonably dangerous products, and withholding information about the risk that transvaginal mesh may erode through the vagina, and cause infections and other injuries.
In her lawsuit, Thelda is seeking restitution and punitive damages for Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson’s alleged gross negligence and failure to warn about dangerous vaginal mesh complications.
She joins hundreds of thousands of other plaintiffs who have filed vaginal mesh lawsuits against various mesh manufacturers in the United States as a result of alleged vaginal mesh injuries.
FDA Warns Of Vaginal Mesh Complications
A significant number of the adverse events reported to the FDA regarding pelvic mesh implants are due to mesh erosion or contraction. Mesh erosion through the vaginal tissue can cause pain, bleeding and infection.
In addition, most surgical mesh are made of polypropylene, a material that can shrink after being implanted, causing serious side effects and the POP or SUI condition to return.
Symptoms of vaginal sling failure include:
- Urinary incontinence
- Abdominal pain
- Pelvic pain
- Pain during sexual intercourse
- Bleeding
The FDA has cautioned patients and healthcare provider against using vaginal mesh devices to treat POP and SUI. In the event of either a mesh erosion or contraction, it is frequently necessary to conduct revision surgeries to remove the device from the pelvic region, but even with multiple surgeries, the device may not always be completely removed.
Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Although surgical mesh was originally designed for hernia repair procedures, over the years, companies like Johnson & Johnson have sold hundreds of thousands of surgical mesh devices implanted transvaginally to support prolapsed organs. Through Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson manufactured and sold several vaginal mesh devices including:
- Gynecare TVT
- Gynecare Secur
- Gynecare Prosima
- Gynecare Prolift
- Gynecare Prolift +M
If you had transvaginal mesh, tape, or a sling implanted, and then suffered either organ damage or the severe symptoms identified above, you may have legal recourse through a vaginal mesh lawsuit.
The Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit is Case No: 2:15-cv-14659 and is part of the Ethicon Vaginal Mesh MDL, In re: Ethicon Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston Division.
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