Modern medicine is a marvelous thing when it works without side effects. When those side effects happen, defective medical products become the focal point of litigation.<\/p>\n
Across America, hundreds of people were having hernia surgery and being implanted with a hernia patch. Sounds fairly straightforward, but apparently something went terribly wrong with the Kugel mesh hernia patches. They had a nasty habit of rolling up and wrinkling after being inserted.<\/p>\n
The problems with the Kugel mesh hernia patches didn’t start to come to light until 2001 when reports of its failure after implantation started appearing. Some of those noted side effects included bowel obstructions, because the memory coil ring broke, and fistula development. There were other complications as well, such as the patches were folded, shriveled, buckled and curled. Obviously this was not the optimal result hoped for after hernia surgery.<\/p>\n
The patch was recalled in 2005 and physicians were asked not to use (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Modern medicine is a marvelous thing when it works without side effects. When those side effects happen, defective medical products become the focal point of litigation. Across America, hundreds of people were having hernia surgery and being implanted with a…<\/span><\/p>\n