A Question For The Women Regarding Something Medical

[ProfessorGAC]

My wife and i were watching TV. There was a commercial for a class action suit about transvaginal mesh mistakes or problems.
I asked my wife what that meant. She was aware of the lawsuit but had no idea to a TVM was or why anybody would need that.
Trust me, we're hetero and my wife of 34 years is a woman, and she didn't even know.
Anybody know what this is and why there has been issues for women that have had the procedure?

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. yes....some women have prolaspe of organs after for example a hysterectomy....

sometimes they are just born with a prolasped uterus.....its just a device to afix it into place...

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Thanks

That makes perfect sense. Neither of us knew. Now, since you seem to understand, what would go wrong?

[etherealtruth]

3. Try this link

http://www.drugwatch.com/transvaginal-mesh/

[uppityperson]

4. They use it to make a sort of hammock to hold women's bladders back in position

As women age, their pelvic muscles, and connective tissue holding bladder in place, often weaken. This can lead to urinary issues, leaking, incontinence, being wet after you sneeze, etc. They use this to make a sort of sling to hold the bladder back in the proper position. what can go wrong is the mesh is too tight leading to difficulties urinating, or it can rub and cause abrasions to the vagina.

For the first, a small fine tuning can work wonders. For the second, then you are dealing with problems.

There have been different types of mesh used, some more irritating that others.

http://www.drugwatch.com/transvaginal-mesh/

Transvaginal mesh is a net-like implant used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence in women. The product design and implantation technique contributed to serious complications, such as erosion and organ perforation.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Thanks Everyone

We get it now. Very helpful.

[boston bean]

5. They also have the same problem with bladder slings.

I saw a surgery of this being done once... holy moly.... I don't think I can ever forget.....

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Mesh is used to support muscle

If there is an injury or surgical procedure that cuts into or removes muscle, they use mesh for a "skin-graft" (for lack of a better term).

It certainly isn't optimal over repair, but if the muscle can't be repaired, it is better then nothing.

This applies to all muscle issues, not just female. Class action suit is likely targeted to a specific procedure.

[Warpy]

8. Women who have produced children

often find their innards are sinking as they age. The worst sign of this is a bladder that leaks all the time and gushes when they sneeze or laugh. The cure has been a bladder sling of various descriptions, sometimes using the patient's own innards, tightened up, and sometimes using medical implants.

Those implants might be tolerated poorly by some patients, causing pain and necessitating surgical revision with the removal of the mesh.

The advantage to using mesh in the first place is that it offers superior support and an easier surgery with only a small incision, meaning rapid patient recovery.

Women who join this suit had better hope the doc didn't list the potential complications on the consent form. If he did, she agreed to take on the risk.

A lot of these electronic ambulance chasers are just hoping a doc was sloppy when he obtained surgical permission or when he prescribed any new drug.

Yes, complications happen, but an informed patient is assumed to have made a choice to take the risk in the hope of having an improved life.

[MADem]

9. The trans in transvaginal has nothing to do with transgender.

Here--this link explains it pretty clearly. It's for stress urinary incontinence brought on by aging, childbirth, etc. The same mesh materials can be used for pelvic organ prolapse.

http://www.drugwatch.com/transvaginal-mesh/bladder-sling/

On edit--I see others have explained...oh well, more the merrier...