It’s Humbling, But Our Best Man-Made Surgical Mesh Just Doesn’t Have the Sort of Strength and Give to Replace Nature in a Vaginal Prolapse Repair (A Blog in Three Parts: Part 3, Continued from Part 2)
Now, surgical mesh implantations may represent one of the only available forms of potential relief available to women suffering from severe forms of vaginal prolapse. And the complications of a severe prolapse are debilitating enough that even with the medical shortcomings and potential complications and failures of a mesh, patients remain willing to take their chances on these medical device implantations. Surgical meshes and slings seem to provide enough relief to enough women that they remain valid choices for severe vaginal prolapse patients.
But having seen the consequences of repeated prolapse correction failures and surgical complications, I strongly concur with the FDA warnings that complications from surgical mesh implantations are not rare and that they expose patients to greater risks than traditional non-mesh repairs. We tend to agree with the petition of the Public Citizen organization that a rigorous testing and approval process should occur before these medical devices enter the market. Because while surgical mesh implantations currently provide some relief for some women suffering from severe vaginal prolapse, these medical devices simply aren’t good enough to be worth the risks of the complications for many patients.
Currently, these medical devices remain inadequate to the task for which they are designed. Medical technology can’t yet replace the strength of the internal connections that nature originally gave us on a regular and predictable basis. Surgical mesh implantations can actually make some patients worse off than before. And a failed device leads to yet another surgery and attempt at correction.
You may, in fact, know this better than I do. You may have personally experienced complications from a failed or inadequate mesh implantation. We understand the pain, embarrassment, and limitations to your life that continued vaginal prolapse problems can bring. And we want to help. If you’ve been injured by a surgical mesh implantation or its complications, and you continue to suffer, we might be able to help. As your medical expenses continue to mount, you may be feeling increasing pressure from your financial burdens as well as from your slipping internal organs. And we may be able to help you obtain relief and fair compensation for your long suffering.