Prolapse surgery outcomes and mesh complications Using transvaginal mesh and biological graft in prolapse surgery did not improve outcomes of effectiveness, quality of life, or adverse events. The use ...

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 ...

Christopher Maher is Chair of the Urogynaecological Society of Australasia . A common surgery to treat vaginal prolapse using an artificially grafted mesh has more problems than benefits, our Cochrane ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about a medical device many say never should have been implanted in millions of women. In January, the FDA re-classified transvaginal mesh, a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two final orders to manufacturers and the public to strengthen the data requirements for surgical mesh to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) ...

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration has moved to strengthen regulations on vaginal mesh, a controversial medical device used to treat pelvic organ prolapse, a condition that can occur after ...

CHICAGO — The ban on further sales of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) imposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month has some people cheering, some saying that an ...

Years of activism have made women’s health a topic of everyday conversation. The mechanics of mammograms and the pros and cons of cervical cancer vaccines are familiar, but one common health problem ...

(Reuters) - A Michigan medical funder was ordered to pay about $1.3 million on Monday for his role in a scheme to convince women to have unnecessary surgery to remove their transvaginal mesh implants ...