Prolapsed! The Boom has Fallen on Use of Mesh to Repair Vaginal Prolapse

Prolapsed! The Boom has Finally Fallen on the Mesh of Controversies, Uncertainties and Obscurities Surrounding the Implantation of Surgical Mesh to Repair Vaginal Prolapse

People tend to expect miracles from modern medical science. My own observations lead me sometimes to feel that medical understanding has not, in real terms, advanced all that much since your local doctor was also the local dentist. And your local dentist was also the local barber.

Modern medical science tends to re-purpose its drugs and medical devices as the original patents run out. I once had a co-worker who came to work one morning in a shell-shocked condition. We thought the worst. But no. She had merely discovered that the special facial medication she had been using so devoutly had originally served as a topical medication for genital warts or some such condition. Until the patent ran out. Then the company re-purposed (and I believe re-patented) it as a topical medication for some ordinary facial condition. Perhaps it was acne. I don't recall. But the experience has colored my approach to medicine and medications ever since.

Well, the surgical mesh used to repair vaginal prolapses originally saw decades of use in the repair of hernias. Patients reported problems with the medical device implantations for their hernias, but not to the degree they've been reporting them in their vaginal prolapse cases. And the mesh repairs showed a much greater rate of success with hernias than they've ever shown in relation to vaginal prolapse repairs.

Back in 2008, the FDA issued a mild warning with regard to mesh repairs for hernias. The warning did not really address the use of mesh on vaginal prolapse cases, because the FDA at that time apparently had concluded that complications in such cases were rare. The FDA had somehow decided that while the procedure might be risky for hernia patients, it wasn't particularly risky for vaginal prolapse patients.

If you have had both a hernia and a vaginal prolapse, you may find that conclusion astonishing. If you have had one of these conditions, but only have a pretty good knowledge of the other condition, you're probably still somewhat astonished. Well, so am I.

But the FDA finally saw the light. And in July 2011, the FDA issued a strong warning regarding the use of mesh medical devices in vaginal prolapse cases. Indeed, the warning basically recommends against using the mesh medical device implantation procedure unless the patient and doctor can't find any viable alternatives. Take heed.

But you may have already undergone a surgical mesh repair for a vaginal prolapse. And that repair may have already failed. You may have prolapsed again. You may have pain and complications you hadn't imagined. Well, the FDA warning also serves as kind of a wake up call that even the government sees surgical mesh implantations for your condition as a dangerous procedure using an inappropriate medical device.

So you may be eligible to pursue financial compensation for your suffering from those who caused it. If you need to gain some peace and some recompense after all your suffering, we can help. Just call. We offer you a free consultation in which we could discuss your situation, its complications, your options, and your possible outcomes. Call today; we'd like to help. We think maybe the FDA waited too long to take a strong position on the issue. And many people have been hurt in the meantime.