In a Health Notification issued in October 2008 and updated in July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a medical device many say never should have been implanted in millions of women. In January, the FDA re-classified transvaginal mesh, a ...

What does pelvic prolapse surgery using mesh or graft involve and how does it differ from the existing standard repair technique? Women who have surgery for their prolapse have a 3 in 10 chance of ...

New evidence published today highlights benefits and harms of using artificial mesh when compared with tissue repair in the surgical treatment of vaginal prolapse. Slightly better repair with mesh ...

Susan McLarnon is travelling to Downing Street later to call for "urgent action" to be taken on redress for those harmed by ...

Christopher Maher is Chair of the Urogynaecological Society of Australasia . A common surgery to treat vaginal prolapse using an artificially grafted mesh has more problems than benefits, our Cochrane ...

A mum-of-three left in "constant, disabling pain" after an operation says women like her should not suffer in silence. Kerry Watson, 40, uses a walking stick and takes more than 100 tablets a week to ...

The safety testing for the plastic material used in vaginal mesh surgery is 'way less than you would see on a vacuum cleaner or a washing machine,' according to a leading expert. Speaking to Sky News, ...

This procedure works well for uterine prolapse (prolapsed womb) but there can be serious complications, including lasting pain or the mesh wearing away the bladder. Uterine prolapse happens when the ...