New York 3/1/2009 5:40:06 AM
Bard Avaulta Surgical Mesh May Provide More Risks than Comfort
Information Portal Consumer Injury Lawyers, one of the most comprehensive legal websites on the internet, continues to update its Bard Avaulta Mesh information portal with new articles providing more detail and insight as to potential Bard Avaulta surgical mesh side effects.
Bard Avaulta Mesh is a transvaginal mesh product used to help increase bladder control and provide comfort and relief from pain caused by pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The Bard manufacturing company is one of the corporate giants in the medical products industry, and for a time, the Bard Avaulta Mesh product sold well and provided promising results.
Many different companies have been working to come up with products that are designed to help manage conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, and to alleviate the pain, discomfort and struggle experienced by women suffering from these conditions on a daily basis.
A pelvic organ prolapse occurs when a pelvic organ, such as the bladder, drops from its normal position and pushes against the walls of the vagina. This happens when the muscles that hold the pelvic organs in place become weak or stretched from childbirth or surgery. This prolapse can cause pain or problems with bowel and bladder functions, as well as interfere with sexual activity. Bard Avaulta Mesh Products and their counterparts have developed the surgical mesh to improve the lives of many women afflicted with these rare conditions.
However, in treating these problems, Bard has exposed patients to other, often more serious, surgical mesh side effects. According to a recently issued surgical mesh FDA Warning, the FDA has received over 1,000 reports of serious problems with surgical mesh over the past three years. A few examples of the complications patients have encountered after having the Bard Avaulta Mesh product surgically implanted in the affected area are:
• Erosion through vaginal epithelium
• Infection
• Pain
• Urinary problems
• Recurrence of prolapse and/or incontinence
• Bowel, bladder, and blood vessel perforation during insertion
The initial promising results of the Bard Avaulta Mesh product are now proving to create risks that may be outweighing the potential gains of using this product. The only generally accepted corrective measures at this time are additional surgical procedures (some of them to remove the mesh), IV therapy, blood transfusions, and drainage of hematomas or abscesses.
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