Drs. Amy Reed and Hooman Noorchashm put a public face on the failures of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations lacking oversight over medical devices, until she lost her life due to a morecellation.
Months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned a medical device could spread deadly uterine cancers, many hospitals and doctors are still using them.
Two days before an advisory panel was gathered to look at the controversial medical device called a morcellator, a gynecologist stepped down due to conflict of interest.
Dr. Amy Reed was scheduled to undergo a common surgery to remove fibroids. Little did her doctor know hidden cancer would be released by the medical device, which eventually killed her.
Questions have been raised by readers - Is my doctor receiving funds from the industry that makes the mesh or medical devices he or she is using?
*Editors Note * Amy Gezon allowed me to reprint this story that appeared in Yahoo News. I met Amy at the FDA hearing on mesh in September 2011 and we've been friends ever since. She survived mesh.
Dr. Christopher Walker, Urogynecologist, Orlando, FL Mesh News Desk, August 19, 2015~ MND editor, Jane Akre asked many of you on our Facebook page...
~Salt Lake Tribune, July 8, 2012 “Lee” had a pelvic mesh sling implanted six years ago to treat incontinence, which was an inconvenience. But after tw…
