TVM Complain About Side Effects
It was during the 1950’s in which mesh products were first introduced. Transvaginal mesh did not get its United States Food and Drug Administration approval until 2002, before then many doctors began using it “off label” for abdominal procedures in the 1980s and for vaginal procedures in the 1990s. Typically surgical mesh is used in pelvic floor surgery to treat prolapse and incontinence.
One of the most common uses for transvaginal mesh is to help in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP. | Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) treatement is one of the most common uses for transvagnal mesh. | The treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of the most common uses for tranvaginal mesh.} POP happens when the internal structures that support the pelvic organs, such as the bladder, uterus, and bowel, become so weak or stretched that the organs drop from their normal position and bulge or prolapse into the vagina. Women who have been diagnosed with POP usually have pelvic discomfort; disruption of their sexual, urinary, and defecatory functions; and an overall reduction in their quality of life.
Over 3 years reports about mesh used in transvaginal surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence have been filed to the FDA. Many of these reports state concerns such as pain, infection, mesh erosion (into vagina, bowel, and bladder), and recurrence of prolapse or incontinence There are other reports which claim rare but serious intraoperative injuries such as bowel, bladder, or blood vessel perforation. Many of the patients who filed a report noted that their injuries needed medical or surgical intervention, and some required hospitalization.
The FDA urges physicians to recognize that POP can be treated successfully without mesh in most cases. They should consider that mesh placed abdominally for POP repair may result in lower rates of mesh complications compared with transvaginal POP surgery with mesh.
Once the mesh has been implanted there is a possibility it can move around the body and often lead to serious injury including puncturing nearby organs, cutting through tissues and more, caused by frayed edges of the mesh material. Some women have become septic, suffering from infection. And, if not treated promptly, these infections can lead to death. The most common injuries seen with tranvaginal mesh are: erosion into the vagina, painful intercourse, scarring, prolapsed recurrence, infection, urinary problems and more, go see your physician if you feel that you are currently suffering from the side effects of your transvaginal mesh implant.
URL References:
medscape.com/viewarticle/746285
fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/TipsandArticlesonDeviceSafet