vaginal mesh
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Epidemiology
- use in the U.K. suspended two decades after introduction due to safety concerns
- > 100,000 women worldwide are suing vaginal mesh manufacturers (2018)[1]
- shameful episode in the history of implantable devices
Indications
- stress urinary incontinence
- pelvic organ prolapse in the U.K.
Contraindications
- probably same as indications[1]
Complications
Notes
- manufacturers of surgical mesh products used for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse must stop selling the devices immediately, effective April 16, 2919[2]
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Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NEJM Physician's First Watch Editors Vaginal Mesh Controversy Examined Physician's First Watch, Oct 11, 2018 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
Gornall J How mesh became a four letter word. BMJ 2018;363:k4137. Oct 10. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305315 https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4137
Gornall J The trial that launched millions of mesh implant procedures: did money compromise the outcome? BMJ 2018;363:k4155. Oct 10. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305291 https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4155
Gornall J Vaginal mesh implants: putting the relations between UK doctors and industry in plain sight. BMJ 2018;363:k4164. Oct 10. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305287 https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4164
Allan C, Joyce TJ, Pollock AM Europe's new device regulations fail to protect the public. BMJ 2018;363:k4205. Oct 10. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305299 https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4205
Heneghan C, Godlee F. Surgical mesh and patient safety. BMJ 2018;363:k4231. Oct 10. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305286 https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4231 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 FDA News Release. April 16, 2019 FDA takes action to protect women's health, orders manufacturers of surgical mesh intended for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse to stop selling all devices. https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm636114.htm