Pelvic mesh has been linked with certain serious complications and, in order to treat these side effects, many patients are forced to undergo pelvic mesh removal. Pelvic mesh products are fairly common, and many have benefited from these implants.

However, some claim that the risk of side effects and pelvic mesh removal is greater than the reward. Indeed, more and more pelvic mesh patients are filing lawsuits over complications of their devices, many of which have led to pelvic mesh removal.

Any device removal surgery, including pelvic mesh removal, will bring with it its own risks of infection, complications, and failure, as well as extra medical expenses. If you have undergone pelvic mesh removal due to mesh side effects, you may be able to pursue litigation.

Background of Pelvic Mesh Devices

The serious yet common conditions, pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), are most often treated with the implantation of a pelvic mesh device, which reinforces the weak pelvic floor muscles these conditions cause, holding up pelvic organs.

When POP and SUI cause pelvic organs to sink into the vagina, patients are left with severe pain and urinary problems. They also experience severe pain during intercourse. POP and SUI are very common conditions for those who have suffered from muscle damage caused by childbirth, menopause, or a hysterectomy.

Pelvic Mesh Side Effects

While any medication or medical device will come with mild side effects that go away on their own without further treatment, there are certain side effects of pelvic mesh that are more serious, and may even require pelvic mesh removal to treat.

Thousands of women across the country have reported a number of serious side effects, including but not limited to:

• Severe pelvic pain
• Chronic pain
• Infection
• Bleeding
• Mesh erosion
• Mesh tearing
• Organ perforation
• Urinary problems
• Vaginal scarring
• Pain during intercourse

In a warning issued that year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) noted that the most common of pelvic mesh injuries was mesh erosion through the vagina. Mesh erosion often requires pelvic mesh removal surgery to fix and, even then, it’s a complicated and invasive procedure.

Because of these side effects, the FDA has recommended that women should strongly consider other options to treat POP and SUI if available before choosing a vaginal mesh implant.

Filing a Lawsuit After Pelvic Mesh Removal Surgery

Tens of thousands of patients who have suffered from pelvic mesh complications that necessitated pelvic mesh removal surgery are filing lawsuits against their mesh device’s manufacturers. Thousands of pelvic mesh removal surgery lawsuits have been consolidated in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) due to the sheer number of these cases.

If you or someone you love had pelvic mesh removal surgery because of damage from vaginal mesh side effects, or your pelvic mesh removal surgery is scheduled, you may be able to file a pelvic mesh class action lawsuit.