Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit Alleges J&J Gynecare, Prolene Products Caused Disfigurement
By Sarah Pierce
A Kentucky woman has filed a vaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleging three of its transvaginal mesh products caused significant personal injury, including mental and physical pain, permanent injury, permanent and substantial deformity, and loss of her bodily organ system. Her case joins hundreds of other lawsuits pending in the multi-district litigation (MDL) called In Re: Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2327), where women are hoping to hold Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon responsible for their vaginal mesh injuries.According to the Kentucky woman’s vaginal mesh lawsuit, she was implanted with the Prolene Mesh device in November 2003, and received the Gynecare Prolift Posterior Pelvic Floor Repair System and the Gynecare TVT Obturator System three years later in January 2006. The transvaginal mesh devices were supposed to treat her stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, but instead caused severe pain and disfigurement, her vaginal mesh lawyer says.
Vaginal mesh and vaginal sling implants were approved to treat pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence and other conditions caused by weakened pelvic muscles by strengthening the vaginal wall. Childbirth, age and menopause can all contribute to these muscles becoming weak and unable to support internal organs, which can prolapse into the vagina. However, the safety of vaginal mesh and vaginal sling devices has come under scrutiny in recent years following thousands of reports of painful and disfiguring side effects.
Since 2005, the FDA has received over 3,800 adverse event reports associated with vaginal mesh and transvaginal mesh side effects. The most common vaginal mesh side effects reported are pain, mesh erosion, infection, bleeding, painful intercourse (dyspareunia), organ perforation and urinary incontinence. In 2011, the FDA warned that these vaginal mesh complications are not uncommon, as once though, and that vaginal mesh may actually pose additional risks with no clear benefit over non-mesh products.
The Johnson & Johnson vaginal mesh lawsuit alleges that J&J and Ethicon failed to adequately warn the public about the risks of vaginal mesh side effects, even though they were aware that the mesh could cause erosion into the vagina, infection, perforated organs, chronic pain, and other injuries. Despite knowing these risks, the Defendants continued to market and sell the Gynecare and Prolene mesh devices, which were implanted in thousands of women across the country.
If you were implanted with Ethicon Gynecare or Prolene mesh, or any other vaginal mesh product manufactured by another company, and suffered painful side effects, you have legal options to pursue compensation from the device manufacturer. Thousands of women have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, AMS, Bard Avaulta, Boston Scientific, UGYTEX and Coviden over their transvaginal mesh injuries.
You’re not alone, and you deserve to be compensated for injuries you suffered from a defective device. A vaginal mesh consultant can provide a free assessment of your claims.
Learn more about your legal options by contacting the vaginal mesh attorneys currently handling an investigation into all claims of vaginal mesh, vaginal sling, bladder sling and transvaginal mesh injuries. Visit the Vaginal Mesh Class Action Lawsuit Investigation for more information about how to file a vaginal mesh lawsuit or vaginal mesh class action lawsuit to seek compensation for your injuries.
Updated August 6th, 2012
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