There is a growing concern over the safety of vaginal mesh as pelvic mesh failure lawsuits continue to pile up.

Hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. have received pelvic mesh implants, and dozens of injured women are filing new pelvic mesh failure lawsuits each week, alleging that the devices have caused serious or even debilitating damage.

These pelvic mesh failure lawsuits add to the thousands already filed that have been consolidated into multidistrict litigation, or an MDL.

Pelvic mesh, also known as vaginal mesh or polypropylene mesh (PPM) is commonly used to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). However, complaints, lawsuits, and studies increasingly indicate concern and question over how safe and effective pelvic mesh products are.

Pelvic Mesh Complications

According to pelvic mesh failure lawsuits, women are facing a number of serious complications.

Pelvic mesh erosion and organ perforation are two of the more common severe problems attributed to these devices. These problems can lead to bleeding, severe or chronic pain, infection, and nerve damage side effects for implanted women.

Pelvic mesh erosion can allow a device to perforate nearby organs with its sharp edge, which can in many cases lead to permanent organ damage.

Numerous studies on pelvic mesh problems indicate that these devices can cause nerve damage, chronic pain, and pain during intercourse. This is caused by the devices contracting up to 85 percent after the initial implantation.

Women who suffer from pelvic mesh complications can experience chronic pain not just immediately following their surgery, but even for years following.

Unfortunately, treating pelvic mesh side effects can be extremely difficult. Pelvic mesh surgery is a delicate process, passing close to nerves that control essential bodily functions. Surgery is complicated enough, but removing the implant can be even more difficult or impossible.

Pelvic Mesh Failure Lawsuits

Vaginal mesh implant surgery is complex, and is considered a blind surgery. This means that a very small incision is used to perform the operation. Because of this, the surgeon has to operate based almost entirely on their sense of touch.

Since pelvic mesh surgery is done extremely close to vital nerves, the procedure must be exact. For a long time, this meant that only a small group of expert vaginal surgeons would perform these operations.

However, pelvic mesh manufacturers have in recent years begun marketing vaginal mesh kits to general urologists and gynecologists, often requiring only a one-day course on the procedure rather than years of training.

Thousands of women have filed pelvic mesh failure lawsuits so far. In some cases, pelvic mesh failure lawsuits have led to financial damages of millions of dollars.

As information about the complications associated with pelvic mesh becomes more widespread, an increasing number of women are filing pelvic mesh failure lawsuits over their own complications.

If you or someone you love has experienced pelvic mesh side effects, you may be able to file a pelvic mesh failure lawsuit.