An investigation by The BMJ reveals how vaginal mesh implant manufacturers “aggressively hustled” their products into widespread use, how regulators approved them “on the flimsiest of evidence” and how the medical profession failed to set up registries that might have picked up problems far sooner. A release from the publisher note that the article also… Continue reading The Vaginal Mesh Implant Scandal
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A Safer Version of Vaginal Mesh
Scientists from the University of Sheffield in the UK have developed a material that could be used as an alternative to the current vaginal mesh material, polypropylene. The use of these current meshes has led to severe complications for millions of women across the world. The research was published in the Journal of Neurology and… Continue reading A Safer Version of Vaginal Mesh
Inadequate Regulation for Vaginal Mesh Products Has Exposed Women to Unnecessary Harms
Inadequate regulatory processes for vaginal mesh products used to treat stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse have exposed women to unnecessary harms, warn experts in an article published in The BMJ Open on December 7th 2017. A release from the publishrs notes that Professor Carl Heneghan at Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence Based Medicine and… Continue reading Inadequate Regulation for Vaginal Mesh Products Has Exposed Women to Unnecessary Harms