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

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 ...

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 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, ...

The high number of reported complications from transvaginal repairs for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) using vaginal mesh have led to a significant decline in its use, despite its initial promise.

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 ...

Texas is set to get millions as part of a settlement with Boston Scientific over claims that the company deceptively marketed mesh devices to consumers. This is the largest settlement involving mesh ...

Last week, Johnson & Johnson reached a A$300 million settlement for two class actions brought by Australian women affected by complications from vaginal mesh products. The products are surgically ...

Prosecutors Are Said to Issue Subpoenas Over Pelvic-Mesh Surgery Financing Federal prosecutors in New York City are intensifying an investigation into allegations that a network of doctors, lawyers, ...

Scientists have developed a material that could be used as an alternative to the current vaginal mesh material, polypropylene, used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged a physician and the owner of a medical consulting firm over a scheme to persuade women to have their pelvic mesh implants surgically removed to bolster the ...