Women who have surgical mesh implanted to repair their pelvic organ prolapse (POP) should pay close attention to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) latest alert. Since 2008, they have warned that the mesh could cause serious complications after surgery. But with the latest safety communication in July, the FDA says that \u201c\u2026serious complications associated with surgical mesh for transvaginal repair of POP are not rare. Furthermore, it is not clear that transvaginal POP repair with mesh is more effective than traditional non-mesh repair in all patients with POP and it may expose patients to greater risk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surgical mesh is made by many different manufacturers and in 2010, these implant procedures were done on 100,000 women for POP, with 75,000 of them via transvaginal methods. The mesh helps to repair weakened or damaged tissues that help keep the pelvic organs in place for patients with POP and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women who have surgical mesh implanted to repair their pelvic organ prolapse (POP) should pay close attention to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) latest alert. Since 2008, they have warned that the mesh could cause serious complications after…<\/span><\/p>\n