There’s help available for U.S. women injured by transvaginal mesh

The Houston mesh repair injury lawyers at Denena & Points highlight a recent jury verdict from California. The landmark verdict underlined the severity of injuries that women could receive from transvaginal mesh implants.

Not only the women receiving the mesh implants, but their husbands, suffer too. With the $5 million judgment awarded to Christine Scott, the jury also awarded $500,000 to her husband. The husband’s award was received for the injuries sustained to the couple’s love life because of the painful transvaginal mesh implant.

This landmark California case involved the implant of Avaulta Mesh from C.R. Bard Medical company. C.R. Bard withdrew the Avaulta Mesh product from the U.S. market on July 1, 2012. The company still sells the mesh abroad.

At least 47,000 U.S. women have already been implanted with transvaginal mesh. And hundreds of those women have already filed lawsuits based on their pain, suffering, and injury from the mesh product.

Our Houston mesh repair injury lawyers have written several previous articles regarding the use of transvaginal mesh for prolapse repair. Transvaginal mesh, like many products labeled as medical devices, receive little or no actual testing or clinical evaluation before being placed on the U.S. market.

A prolapse repair with mesh involves trying to lift and hold most or all of the internal organs in a woman’s lower torso in place with a sort of mesh sling. This attempted repair occurs after the organs have fallen, or prolapsed, and are beginning to extrude. Some of the challenges with this mesh repair relate to the vast scope of the project.

• The repairs tend to fail over time, and then patients get to do it all over again, with a somewhat less sturdy internal structure than they had before the first repair.
• The anchor points for the mesh rarely hold or have the strength to carry the weight of the internal organ structure over time.
• Lifting even slight weight can dislodge the mesh and the organs it supports.
• There’s difficulty controlling what tissue grows into and around the large mesh repair. Intestines or other organs might become entangled or blocked in the mesh.
• The pain associated with transvaginal mesh repair often makes intercourse unpleasant and unwelcome.

If you’re one of the women suffering from a prolapse repair using transvaginal surgical mesh, then we probably don’t need to tell you anything about pain. Or the limiting effect a failed transvaginal mesh repair has upon your life.

The $5.5 million California jury verdict mentioned above opens the way for other women and their husbands to receive just compensation for all they have lost following a failed transvaginal mesh repair. If you or a loved one are suffering because of a failed mesh repair, contact our experienced Houston mesh repair injury lawyers for a free and confidential legal consultation.

We have helped injured victims of poorly tested medical devices make full financial recoveries for their losses for more than 14 years. Our Houston mesh repair injury lawyers could explain your available legal options to you based upon the specific circumstances of your injury. We could also help you to understand your eligibility for monetary compensation for your injuries.

Let us help you obtain the just recompense you deserve after your needless suffering brought on by a failed medical device. Call us today or contact us online to set up your appointment for a free consultation. We are so confident of our ability to help that we don’t charge you attorneys’ fees unless you win.