Women with vaginal discomfort Is the risk of depression or self-harm greater in women who have experienced complications following transvaginal mesh midurethral sling placement? Women with ...

October 21, 2008 — Clinicians should receive specialized training for the transvaginal placement of mesh products and be vigilant for adverse events, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - As reports of serious complications continue to rise, the Food and Drug Administration has issued two orders to manufacturers to strengthen requirements for transvaginal surgical ...

A TURBT allows examination beyond the bladder. Women younger than 46 years undergoing surgical correction are especially at risk for depression. Women with transvaginal mesh complications requiring ...

CHICAGO — The ban on further sales of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) imposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month has some people cheering, some saying that an ...

(CNN) — Manufacturers of surgical mesh products must stop selling and distributing their products in the United States immediately, the US Food and Drug Administration ordered Tuesday. The FDA said it ...

For many women, a transvaginal mesh is a necessary medical appliance intended to treat and prevent pelvic organ prolapse and other pelvic floor disorders. However, these appliances are causing far ...

San Diego Hall of Justice, 330 West Broadway, San Diego (Photo: Shutterstock.com) A lawyer for the state of California asked a San Diego judge Monday to impose more than $700 million in civil ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey has convened its second trial of a transvaginal mesh lawsuit involving devices manufactured by Ethicon, Inc. According to court documents pending in ...

A registry of transvaginal mesh patients would help inform doctors and the FDA, Maisel, Nygaard and Iglesia agree. To avoid skewing the registry toward patients with complications, Maisel says, women ...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware jury has ordered a medical device manufacturer to pay $100 million to a woman who, despite two surgeries, still has pieces of transvaginal mesh embedded inside her. The ...