SEATTLE – Dawna Hankins was scheduled to have a partial hysterectomy in 2008 when her doctor suggested implanting a vaginal mesh device at the same time to deal with minor incontinence. After three ...

Vaginal mesh implants (also known as pelvic mesh implants, urogynaecological meshes, or transvaginal meshes) is used for patients who experience incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. The latter ...

Dawna Hankins was scheduled to have a partial hysterectomy in 2008 when her doctor suggested implanting a vaginal mesh device at the same time to deal with minor incontinence. After three years of ...

When an organ, intestine, or fatty tissue is displaced and protrudes through a hole or weak spot in the nearby muscle or connecting tissue, it’s called a hernia. According to the FDA, more than ...

SYDNEY-- More than 700 Australian women in a class-action case against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson that started Tuesday argued that the company's vaginal mesh implants caused them ...

C.R. Bard ($BCR) is facing a new civil trial alleging the company sold vaginal mesh implants that it knew were unsafe, leaving a patient with major health problems ...

Jennifer King is the Chair of the UroGynaecological Society of Australasia. Last week, a Senate Committee investigating the impacts of “transvaginal mesh implants” on women in Australia handed down ...

Johnson & Johnson plans to stop selling surgical mesh implants used to treat women’s health problems, which have been linked to injuries and triggered hundreds of lawsuits. Johnson & Johnson plans to ...

The implants caused many victims chronic pain, bleeding, tissue and organ damage, incontinence, mental stress, and left many unable to have sex or walk. Many women suffered mesh erosion, which is ...

THEY were told that it was a straightforward procedure that would end the difficulty of urinary incontinence. But, instead, Eleanor May-Johnson and Suzie, both from Southampton, are among thousands of ...