Here is an ongoing and growing list of doctors in the state who remove mesh, or understand its complications. Many doctors do not, nor do medical associations, which often have ties to Industry.
At the annual meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL), two leading urogynecologists debated the use of pelvic mesh versus native tissue repair in surgery.
In this Mesh News Desk podcast, Dr. Donald Ostergard talks about how to find a doctor to do pure tissue repair rather than use polypropylene mesh, tests, and treatments for SUI.
Why have hernia surgeries with mesh become the most common repair for 95 percent of procedures? Dr. William Brown weighs in on this Hernia Mesh Insights podcast.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk No matter what stage you are in your journey with polypropylene (PP) pelvic and hernia mesh, this free e-book is a val…
Mesh News Desk continues its interview with leading mesh-removal doctor, Christian Twiss, MD, a urologist at the U of Az.
Biofilm cluster, UC Berkeley. Researchers hope to attack something called biofilms, which house bacterial infection and seem to provide some protection to the bacteria.
The late Dr. Robert Bendavid was a well-known hernia surgeon who in this editorial for the Africa Middle East Hernia Society
Dr. Anthony Visco is Chief of Urogynecology at Duke Univ. Medical Center and President of AUGS. He was interviewed by Mesh News Desk about the groups position on the use of pelvic mesh.
AUGS is the American Urogynecologic Society and it sets the agenda for its 2,000 members who are urogynecologists and on the front line of whether or not to use pelvic mesh.
Last July 2011 when the U.S. FDA issued its most strongly warning notice yet about complications associated with the use of pelvic mesh, doctors began to hear from their patients en masse.
After initially calling problems with synthetic surgical mesh, “rare” the Food and Drug Administration did an about-face and said complications were "not rare" which led to a POP mesh ban.
Judge Ken Molberg, 95th Judicial District, TX The jury had question about 11 am Central time for Judge Ken Molberg in his Dallas court. The jury h…
Mesh News Desk talked tonight with David Matthews, of Matthews & Associates, one of the Texas law firms that represented Mrs. Salazar. This case was ...
Suzanne McClain shares her research with readers on ProGen mesh. Editors Note* - I first interviewed Suzanne McClain, 45, in March 2009 and she became part of the series of reports for Injuryboard
October 30, 2012 ~ The FDA has issued the new rules for medical device makers to speed up the time it takes for medical devices to make it to marke…
