Mesh Medical Device News Desk, January 16, 2019 ~ It may not come as a surprise to the many readers of Mesh News Desk (MND) who have been implanted with a polypropylene surgical mesh to treat incontinence and prolapse, but many women suffer complications and depression as a result. A [...]
Mesh News Desk, January 14, 2019 ~ He is not only a member of Congress but a medical doctor. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is reportedly having his upcoming hernia surgery performed in Canada at the renowned Shouldice Clinic! Mr. Paul could have his surgery anywhere in the world. As a [...]
Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, is a doctor and a lawyer and has been involved with mesh-related complications since 2013. His focus is on pudendal and obturator neuralgia and complex regional pain syndrome. These are considered catastrophic injuries related to the placement of [...]
Dr. Shirin Towfigh Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this polypropylene medical device. It is the same material that has been made into pelvic mesh and caused hundreds of thousands of complications worldwide. Complications are similar [...]
What happened with the Mesh Mess in 2018? Here are just some of the highlights of coverage in the U.S. in 2018 with many more stories reported globally and domestically. Your editor thanks you for visiting often and being part of this massive mesh community. Stay well and have a better [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 18, 2018 ~ This YouTube video is produced by Dr. Greg Vigna and Dr. Michael Hibner concerning the treatment of pudendal neuralgia, or nerve pain following a synthetic vaginal mesh or sling implant. Pudendal neuralgia (PN) is associated with the use of a trans-obturator [...]
After a lengthy jury selection, the case of Suzanne M. Emmett from Lancaster Pennsylvania finally got underway December 3rd. The case blames Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon medical device division for making a defective device that injured Ms. Emmett. **UPDATE* After seven days the case adjourned to be reconvened [...]
A woman who was significantly injured by the Solyx Transvaginal Mesh Sling has accused the sling manufacturer, Boston Scientific Corporation, of failing to warn about severe neurological injuries caused by the defective device. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD The lawsuit was filed by Jamie H., a woman who was living [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 4, 2018~ As regular readers of Mesh News Desk understand, and as you've experienced in your own litigation, lawyers representing the injured have, in many cases, ended up with more money than the injured! This is all too common an occurrence. Ultimately, you will [...]
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, December 3, 2018 ~ It had to happen. The hundreds of millions of dollars resulting from the 5% common benefit fund, paid by injured plaintiffs, must be distributed to pelvic mesh litigation lawyers. But how? One firm says pay half of the fund back to [...]
