Atrium Medical Corp. faces a surgical mesh for hernialawsuit filed by a Tennessee resident alleging that his hernia mesh left him suffering from severe adverse effects and complications.

Plaintiff Mickey V. filed the surgical mesh for hernia lawsuit in New Hampshire federal court. The lawsuit was filed on June 5, 2018.

Mickey says that he was implanted with the C-Qur Edge hernia mesh on April 29, 2009 at St. Mary’s Medical Center located in Knoxville, Tenn.

Mickey says that due to adverse side effects and complications, however, the C-Qur Edge was explanted on March 10, 2010. He says he suffered from “Pain; Inflammation; Mesh deformation; Mesh removal and recurrent hernia requiring additional surgery; [and] Adhesions” the surgical mesh for hernia lawsuit states.

The surgical mesh for hernia lawsuit was filed on multiple counts including defective product; breach of express warranty; breach of implied warranties; fraudulent concealment; constructive fraud; discovery rule, tolling and fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, violation of consumer protection laws, gross negligence, unjust enrichment, and punitive or enhanced compensatory damages.

Overview: Surgical Mesh for Hernia Lawsuit

There have been many C-Qur Edge hernia mesh lawsuits filed over adverse side effects including adhesions, autoimmune reactions to mesh, nerve damage, bowl or intestinal blockage, pain and bleeding, and seroma or fluid buildup at the surgery site.  Other reported adverse side effects suffered have also included:

• Infection
• Mesh migration
• Mesh shrinkage
• Organ damage
• Nerve damage
• Recurring hernia
• Bleeding
• Pain
• Swelling and redness
• Internal scar tissue
• Mesh distortion
• Required revision surgery
• Seromas (fluid build-up)

A hernia occurs when an organ pushes through a connective tissue or muscle. It is often seen at the wall of the abdomen. According to the surgical mesh for hernia Lawsuit, a surgical mesh device offers support to damaged and weakened tissues. Other kinds of Atrium Medical hernia mesh devices have also included the C-Qur, Vitamesh, Proloop, Prolite, and Prolite Ultra.

Adverse side effects of the device have been said to stem from the device’s unique coating which utilizes fish oil. Clinical trials studying the safety and effectiveness of the C-Qur Hernia have said that fish oil coating interferes with tissue ingrowth into the mesh, although Atrium continues to claim that the fish oil coating helps reduce tissue attachment to the hernia mesh and helps inhibit the hernia mesh from touch other internal organs in the body.

Nonetheless, the device has been blamed for a number of serious adverse side effects and complications. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), moreover, they have also said that most common side effects linked to the hernia mesh device include, “pain, infection, hernia recurrence, adhesion, and bowel obstruction.” Additionally, “other potential adverse events that can occur following hernia repair with mesh are mesh migration and mesh shrinkage (contraction),” the FDA reports.

The Surgical Mesh for Hernia Lawsuit is Case No. 1:18-cv-00486-LM, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The Hernia Mesh MDL is In re: Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Products Liability Litigation, MDL No 2753, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.