Men At Risk For Future Bladder Sling Side Effects

While women are the most common plaintiffs to use bladder sling class action lawsuit attorneys, they aren’t the only ones. Men may soon join that number, especially those who have had prostate surgery, a new study suggests. In both cases, the bladder sling implant side effects come as a result of surgeons who are trying to treat stress urinary incontinence.

While the media highlights the thousands of women who have undergone bladder sling implant and vaginal mesh implant surgery to correct stress urinary incontinence, little is reported about the increasing number of men turning to bladder sling implants to correct problems caused by prostate cancer. Dr. Robert Nam found that men who had undergone procedures to remove a portion of the prostate were twice as likely to need urinary incontinence surgery. In fact, 1 in 20 men who survive the prostate cancer treatment will face bladder sling implant side effects if their surgeon chooses that option.

In both men and women, the issues are myriad. Vaginal mesh implant side effects result from a failure of the medical device. If it’s made incorrectly, people now considering bladder sling implant side effects lawsuits face erosion of the product, which can pierce other organs in the pelvis. In addition, the mesh in the bladder sling implant can contract, making it difficult to have sexual intercourse. Not only are these bladder sling implant side effects painful, but to reconstruct the bladder and re-insert a new device requires several surgeries and significant pain.

Even if the procedure works, vaginal mesh implant and bladder sling implant side effects will include conditions like urinary tract infections. Those who have suffered more severe side effects, however, may want the expertise of a bladder sling implant class action lawsuit attorney because, in spite of the many problems, none of these bladder sling implant devices have been recalled. It is still a relatively new type of case, but a legal remedy may be possible for those who have suffered from bladder sling implant side effects and the resulting painful procedures. Already, hundreds of vaginal mesh implant lawsuits and transvaginal mesh implant lawsuits have been filed by women who suffered severe complications and side effects from these devices.

Updated September 26th, 2012

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