Mesh Medical Device News Desk, July 2020 ~ After attending last year's conference in beautiful downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, I thought I would br...
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…
You are not the patient, you are the physician, is the mantra of an education program promoted by the Whole Woman program, created by RN Christine Kent
Monique Sanders is a prolapse expert who turned to natural remedies to resolve her own problems. She turned to natural remedies and shares what you might ask your doctor who suggests mesh or surgery.
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.
Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Clinic, Toronto, flew to London to participate in the Parliamentary debate initiated by the patient group, Sling the Mesh.
Dr. Robert Bendavid, Shouldice Hospital, Toronto Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2017 ~ Dr. Robert Bendavid is a leading hernia surgeon wit…
What the heck is polypropylene? It's the polymer plastic that makes up many medical devices. But is it biocompatible?
When Money Mixes with Medicine, Industry Influences get a Foothold with the FDA due to financial influences.
Breast Implants, particularly textured variety, have been linked to biofilm and small cell lymphoma.
Failed Pelvic Mesh to be Used to Lift Breasts According to its patent application filed by one of the founding fathers of pelvic mesh.
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.
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.
Johnson & Johnson was supposed to be holding thousands of pages of documents in preparation for defective mesh trials, instead, the documents disappeared, destroyed by the company. Was it intentional?
The Donna Cisson product liability trial against C.R. Bard, a New Jersey-based mesh manufacturer is finally over. On reflection what did we learn?
The following was sent from a consultancy group, Frost & Sullivan. An analyst says more work is needed to determine if polypropylene is safe for human implantation.
Polypropylene (PP) mesh September 28, 2012 ~ The following was sent from a consultancy group, Frost & Sullivan. Chemical, Materials and Research Ana…
The front-page headlines in Europe concern substandard and defective breast implants made by the French company Poly Implants Protheses (PIP), made with machine grade silicone.
Linda Gross February 28, 2013 ~ After a 31 day trial, jurors in the Linda Gross v. Ethicon case awarded $7.76 million in punitive damages to Linda an...
ProPublica, an independent journalism organization, reports on four medical devices that are among the thousands pushed into the market annually with very little scrutiny.
Reactions are coming in reacting to the sudden death of surgeon, researcher, and tireless patient advocate, Dr. Robert Bendavid, MD.
May 11, 2013 ~ A group gathered outside a Saskatoon City Hospital Saturday to bring awareness to the dangers of polypropylene surgical mesh. Synthetic…
