A new study published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research has added further weight to the growing body of evidence questioning the long-term safety of synthetic hernia mesh implants. The research is titled Polypropylene hernia mesh: Evidence of inflammation, oxidative stress, and degradation in human explants.
Many studies into surgical mesh were flawed as they didn’t log pain or complications – they merely logged if the mesh had worked. Most studies only followed up patients for a few weeks or months, yet surgical mesh can act like a ticking time bomb and take years for complications to show. The continent patient with debilitating chronic pain developing […]
Sling the Mesh campaign and MP Sharon Hodgson have written to Irish Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, urging her to uphold the current ban on bladder mesh slings. This comes in response to growing pressure from some Irish surgeons to reintroduce the controversial devices.
Women harmed by pelvicl mesh are “still fighting for justice”, campaigners have said on the fifth anniversary of a review into the scandal. Sling the Mesh, a campaign group representing women harmed by mesh, accused governments of “dragging their feet” on implementing all the recommendations set out in the report. The review examined how the health service responded to concerns […]
Sling The Mesh is deeply concerned to see a global organisation, the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA), publishing a glowing spotlight article featuring an Indian surgeon who continues to use transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) – despite its ban in many countries due to serious and well-documented harm. In a recent IUGA article, Dr Karthik Gunasekaran describes how he […]
There is an aggressive drive underway in Ireland to lift the suspension on bladder mesh sling implants – a deeply concerning development for thousands of women who have suffered life-altering injuries from these devices. The campaign is being led by a high-profile surgeon with strong affiliations to leading Royal Colleges and professional institutions, both in Ireland and internationally. While professional […]
