A new study from one of the UK’s largest mesh complication centres shows more than half of women suffering pelvic mesh pain do not show any signs that there is anything wrong with their implant.
Disgraced surgeon used industry money to fund The Pelvic Floor Society
A surgeon who used industry funding to set up The Pelvic Floor Society – and was key in promoting Rectopexy Mesh across the UK – was this week struck off the medical register by the GMC. Listen to this interview with BBC reporter Matthew Hill about Tony Dixon’s fall from grace.
1,000 women suffer mesh complications – MHRA receives just 4 Yellow Card reports
Data failed patient safety miserably in the mesh scandal – with huge black holes of missing or unreliable information. A 2012 report (below) showed 1,000 women were re-admitted to hospital with mesh complications within 30 days of bladder mesh sling surgery.
Global surgical mesh market hits $650 million
The global surgical mesh industry is booming with a value of $650 million in 2024 – projected to surge past $950 million by 2030.
Behind the billion-dollar glossy forecasts we’re extremely concerned over global expansion of mesh use with no long term outcome logging.
