Painful side effects such as bleeding and urinary incontinence have prompted Public Citizen, a consumer advocate organization, to call for a recall of surgical mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp.
The mesh products, used to correct falling pelvic organs in women, are made of non-absorbable synthetic material that can erode after it has been implanted in patients. The group estimates that in 2010, the mesh was implanted in approximately 67,500 women.
In a safety warning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it received 1,503 reports of complications associated with the material from January 2008 to December 2010. The FDA also stated that it is not clear whether or not surgery is more effective when the mesh is used.
Public Citizen wants the FDA to require manufacturers to recall non-absorbable surgical mesh devices and future versions to be subject to more stringent approval requirements.
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The complications associated with the mesh products used for treating pelvic organ prolapse can range from mild complications to severe infections, organ perforation, mesh erosion and intrusion. In many cases the only option was to remove the pelvic mesh implants first put in place to correct the complications.
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