Our law firm is aggressively investigating and litigating cases involving women who have suffered severe complications as a result of the Gynecare (Ethicon) Prolift Anterior, Posterior, and Total Pelvic Floor Repair Systems, and Bard Avaulta Pelvic Floor Repair Systems, and related mesh products. These are medical devices, commonly referred to as pelvic mesh and bladder slings, which are used in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). These medical devices are made of polypropylene mesh. Unlike many other law firms claiming an expertise in this field, who are “collecting” cases, we are actually filing lawsuits and aggressively litigating these cases for our clients, having already obtained tens of thousands of pages of internal documents from the product manufacturers, among other things.

In addition, Adam M. Slater of our law firm has been appointed as been appoitnted as plaintiffs’ Co-Liaison Counsel in the consolidated cases proceeding in New Jersey State Court against Gynecare, Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson, which encompasses most of the cases pending against these defendants in the United States.

Our investigation has confirmed that the Gynecare Prolift, and Bard Avaulta products have not met reasonable safety standards. In October 2008 and February 2009, the FDA issued Public Health Notifications concerning the use of mesh products in treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. After receiving over 1,000 reports and complaints, the FDA warned of serious complications resulting from the placement of surgical mesh products, including the Gynecare Prolift, and Bard Avaulta products.

Our investigation demonstrates that Gynecare and Bard did not adequately disclose and warn of the significant risks of these products in their patient literature, patient brochures, and websites. These inadequacies deprived women of the opportunity to make informed choices as to how they wanted their treatable medical conditions to be repaired – and leading them to choose to have pelvic mesh permanently attached to the inside of their pelvis – often with catastrophic results.

The most frequent complications from these transvaginal mesh products include mesh erosion into the vagina, bladder, intestines and uterus, mesh shrinkage or migration, scar tissue formation, granuloma formation, infections, pelvic pain, urinary incontinence and development of urinary retention, dysuria (painful urination), dyspareunia (pain with sexual relations), neuropathic pain,  fistulas and recurrence of prolapsed organs. These complications have led to vaginal scarring and medical conditions that have significantly decreased the quality of life many patients once enjoyed. The failure of the Gynecare Prolift and Bard Avaulta mesh products can also lead to the need for multiple operations to remove the mesh and to repair extensive damage caused by the mesh. In many cases the mesh cannot be completely removed, permanently compromising a woman’s health.

With a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the Gynecare Prolift, and Bard Avaulta, we may be able to compensate you for pain and suffering and other damages. To learn more about a potential pelvic mesh lawsuit, you should contact us immediately as the statutes of limitations restrict the time frame in which you may be able to pursue your claims. If you believe that you or a loved one has been seriously injured due to these products, and you are interested in learning more about how we can help, please click below and provide us with the information requested in our contact form.

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