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.
Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, CDRH Mesh Medical Device News Desk, April 20, 2017 ~ FDA’s Jeff Shuren writes about how to serve two masters, public safety and t…
Vada Mae Smith, had a polypropylene mesh implant to treat incontinence. The last 16 years of her life were a living hell of pain and infection. Now her daughter is fighting J&J on behalf of her mom.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, June 7, 2016 ~ The FDA has been slow to act and react to mesh complications. Be sure to make your report to the agenc...
Scales of Justice, WikiCommons Mesh Medical Device News Desk, August 10, 2017 ~ Look at multidistrict litigation for transvaginal mesh cases in the U...