A blog in the July issue of International Urogynecologists Association Spotlight shows a level of arrogance among Japanese surgeons which is deeply concerning after they said they think that the controversy is “unreasonable”.

One said: “If transvaginal mesh is performed by an expert, the outcomes are great with minimal complications. Our data is good and hence we don’t pay any credence to the international debate.”

Another added: “Over the last 15 years, the technique has been improved to become very safe and effective. The most important point is to place the mesh evenly without wrinkling. The operation time for anterior transvaginal mesh is less than 30 minutes.

“Japanese women over 60 years rarely go to the internet to check the outcomes of transvaginal mesh surgery as all articles are mostly in English. Older Japanese women are not usually proficient in English and hence cannot get information from other countries. We do explain the international concerns regarding transvaginal mesh with the patients, but they don’t care as we show them our results.”

Sadly, their results will be based on questionnaires asking women if their prolapse is fixed. They won’t be logging new onset of pain, complications, infections or loss of sex life – a tragic complication for 7 in 10 women on Sling The Mesh.

That means their results are biased, flawed, skewed, totally wrong – giving these woman false information and an uncertain future.

• Read the full blog on the Uncancelled website.