FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - It was the go-to fix for two of the most common health problems in middle-aged and older women: The implanted mesh promised to stop the leaks and the bladder from falling out.

This controversial implant procedure will become more closely monitored in Australian. Surgical tools lay on a table. This controversial implant procedure will become more closely monitored in ...

December 26, 2008 — Trocar-guided transvaginal mesh surgery for pelvic organ prolapse results in good clinical outcomes at 1 year, according to the results of a prospective, multicenter cohort study ...

Prolapse surgery outcomes and mesh complications Using transvaginal mesh and biological graft in prolapse surgery did not improve outcomes of effectiveness, quality of life, or adverse events. The use ...

Transvaginally placed surgical mesh may pose greater safety risks for women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) undergoing reconstructive surgery than other surgical options — without evidence of greater ...

CHICAGO — The ban on further sales of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) imposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month has some people cheering, some saying that an ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A Pennsylvania jury is now hearing evidence in the state's sixth trial involving allegedly defective transvaginal mesh devices marketed by Johnson & Johnson and ...

Manufacturers of surgical mesh products indicated for the transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have been ordered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop selling and ...

For many women, a transvaginal mesh is a necessary medical appliance intended to treat and prevent pelvic organ prolapse and other pelvic floor disorders. However, these appliances are causing far ...