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TVM Lawsuits for Its Health Complications

Transvaginal synthetic mesh implant is done in patients to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The popularity of the surgery when astronomically high as it offered easier and faster recovery options. Over 200,000 inpatient surgical procedures for SUI and POP are done every year in the U.S. itself. The FDA approved of these devices in the 1990s but there have been plenty of adverse reports about the meshes. Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits were submitted to the federal and district courts claiming for the compensation for the unnecessary physical injuries it caused them. One can file for a bladder mesh lawsuit if she suffered from:  mesh erosion urinary tract problems recurrent prolapse and inconsistency  chronic pain in the abdomen and surgical site  severe bacterial infection painful intercourse Usually, the mesh removal surgery is the only option to treat the complications associated with mesh erosion; ...