140 women in England receive payout for vaginal mesh implant big errors

[arista]

[More than 100 women who suffered
traumatic complications after
having vaginal mesh implants have
received payouts in the first
successful group claim in England.

The Guardian understands that 140
women have reached an undisclosed
settlement with the manufacturers
Johnson & Johnson, Bard and
Boston Scientific.
The total sum is expected to run
into millions of pounds,
although the size of the total
and individual payments has
not been shared.

The women claimed that the implants,
used to treat stress urinary incontinence
and prolapse, caused complications
including chronic pain,
bladder and bowel perforations,
bleeding and mesh eroding through
the vaginal wall.
Many of the women underwent
subsequent revision surgeries
to remove the mesh and some
continue to struggle with pain
and other problems.]


https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/140-women-in-england-receive-compensation-for-vaginal-mesh-implant-complications


Good some women are now getting thousands of pounds
as this product is dangerous

[user104658]

It's horrific, essentially the tissue heals around/interwoven with the mesh and it becomes extremely difficult to remove (very extensive surgery, often multiple surgeries to get all of it). A lot of places were doing it, a near-global medical error basically, a lot of women in the UK having to pay privately to have it removed by specialists in the US.

[UserSince2005]

Hope the trans community can now also get compensation for their botched vaginas too.

[arista]

It's horrific, essentially the tissue heals around/interwoven with the mesh and it becomes extremely difficult to remove (very extensive surgery, often multiple surgeries to get all of it). A lot of places were doing it, a near-global medical error basically, a lot of women in the UK having to pay privately to have it removed by specialists in the US.


Good Points QB
glad some Women are getting thousands of pounds
pay out

[user104658]

Hope the trans community can now also get compensation for their botched vaginas too.

They'll have signed disclaimer documents 3 miles long.

[DemRed]

A relative of mine has this and is having surgery a few weeks from now.
They use mesh in many pelvic operations, especially hernias & hysterectomies and they also use it for women who have reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy.
I'm not sure why its caused so much trouble for vaginal prolapse, but it clearly has.