Hernia Mesh Injury

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Hernia Mesh Advocacy- Overcoming a Health Crisis and Holding Manufacturers Accountable

Jane Akre

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September 26, 2020

Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2020~ Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and hernia mesh expert. He has been living with his own hernia ...

New Zealand Surgical Mesh Restorative Justice Report Released

Jane Akre

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12/13/2019

New Zealand has just released a report seven months in the making that acknowledges the severity of polypropylene pelvic mesh implants routinely implanted to treat incontinence and prolapse.

$117 Million Multistate Settlement with J&J Over Deceptive Mesh Marketing

Jane Akre

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10/17/2019

The business model for Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon Inc. medical device subdivision appears to be - push ahead and pay a fine if caught. J&J must pay $117 M for deceptive marketing of its mesh.

Reactions to the Death of Hernia Surgeon, Dr. Robert Bendavid

Jane Akre

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10/7/2019

Reactions are coming in reacting to the sudden death of surgeon, researcher, and tireless patient advocate, Dr. Robert Bendavid, MD.

Mesh Victims United Receives Nonprofit Approval by IRS, Announces New Projects

Jane Akre

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9/24/2019

Donations will now be tax-deductible for those who support Mesh Victims United, a patient support, mesh education group.

Dunfee Awarded $500k in Philadelphia Prolift Case

Jane Akre

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7/2/2019

It is the smallest jury compensation so far, in a number of pelvic mesh personal injury trials, but on Friday June 28, 2019, Linda and Thomas Dunfee were successful in her pelvic mesh case against J&J

More Women Coming Forward with Fraud Claims Against Houston Lawyers

Jane Akre

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7/1/2019

How well were you represented in your personal injury case against mesh makers? Some plaintiffs allege, not very well.

Hernia Mesh Secrets: Bruce Rosenberg Advises First Time Hernia Repair Patient

Bruce Rosenberg

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5/23/2019

Bruce is a patient advocate who receives thousands of inquiries from hernia mesh injured patients, though he is not a doctor or lawyer, just a mesh patient himself.

May 1 International Mesh Awareness Day

Jane Akre

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5/1/2019

Mesh Medical Device News Desk, May 1, 2019 ~ May first is the Worldwide Mesh Awareness Day, a term coined by the Mesh Awareness Movement, though recog…

Hernia Mesh Secrets: Bruce Rosenberg Answers Hernia Patient Questions After Complications

Bruce Rosenberg

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4/16/2019

Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and a hernia mesh injured patient who has turned his life work as a social worker to directing mesh-injured patients to the appropriate caregiver.

One Week from Hernia Surgery to Swimming in Hawaii!

Vladae Roytapel

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3/4/2019

Vladae Roytapel is known as the, Russian Dog Wizard, from Newport Beach, California. Voted Best Dog Trainer in his area for many years, he was at a loss as to how to address his hernia.

Rand Paul Chooses Shouldice Clinic for Hernia Repair!

Jane Akre

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1/14/2019

What facility did Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) choose when he had to have a hernia operation? Hint- It's not in the U.S.

Dr. Shirin Towfigh - Hernia Mesh and Why We Remove It

Jane Akre

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1/4/2019

Dr. Shirin Towfigh is a hernia mesh doctor in Beverly Hills, CA. Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this medical device

Pathologist on Mesh Explant Findings

Jane Akre

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12/7/2017

Dr. Vladimir Iakovlev is a pathologist who has studied more than 500 explanted polypropylene and bovine/ porcine meshes for hernia and pelvic repair. Scar tissue shrinks mesh. Infections can be fatal.

You Think it Might be the Polypropylene?

Jane Akre

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11/20/2017

Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and hernia-mesh injured man who understands how to help people injured by hernia mesh. He asks- Is it the polypropylene?

Dr. Bendavid Hernia Researcher Tells Parliament Adverse Events are Underreported

Jane Akre

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10/27/2017

Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Clinic, Toronto, flew to London to participate in the Parliamentary debate initiated by the patient group, Sling the Mesh.

Dr. Bendavid Answers Hernia Questions

Jane Akre

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9/5/2017

Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Hospital, Toronto Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2017 ~ Dr. Robert Bendavid is a leading hernia surgeon wit…

What's Added to Plastic Mesh?

Jane Akre

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6/28/2017

Court documents reveal to MND all of the chemicals used to make most polypropylene mesh, whether hernia or pelvic.

European Union Cracks Down on Toxins in Plastic Used for Medical Devices

Jane Akre

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6/13/2016

Using Plastic for Permanent Implants may not have been the most biocompatible choice of industry, especially when you consider a lifetime of contact with bodily fluids.

ProPublica Wants to Raise Awareness on Medical Harm

ProPublica

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5/16/2016

Please help ProPublica put a face on patient harm. The nonprofit news organization continues to report on patient harm from largely unregulated medical devices.

Hernia Mesh Patient Advocate - Many Questions, Few Answers for those Patients

Jane Akre

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3/23/2016

Bruce Rosenberg, patient advocate, talks to thousands of hernia mesh injured patients every year. The truth is there are few avenues for those who have been injured by a permanent implant, hernia mesh

Hernia Mesh: The Debate and the History

Jane Akre

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10/28/2014

In this excellent article by General Surgery News by Dr. Robert Bendavid on the history of hernia mesh as well as the present-day debate on its use.

ProteGen Mesh ~ The Grandmother of them All

Suzanne McClain

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7/13/2014

Fantastic researcher and friend, Suzanne McClain has always been the most competent person in digging through the U.S. Food and Drug data on the origins of mesh.

Suffering in Silence: Hernia Mesh Patient Bruce Rosenberg

Jane Akre

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1/7/2014

Bruce Rosenberg and '64 LeMans convertible MND, Jan. 6, 2014 ~ Transvaginal mesh has been used in women to shore up pelvic organs since the late 1990...

FDA Approves New American Medical System Transvaginal Mesh Sling

Jane Akre

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12/10/2013

American Medical Systems (AMS) has just received FDA clearance to market a new incontinence sling called RetroArc, used to treat incontinence.

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