The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.
The product was used for laparoscopic therapeutic treatment of an incisional hernia at the umbilicus.
It was reported that after the implant, the patient experienced recurrence, adhesions, acute constipation, diarrhea, discomfort, chronic pain, fever, swelling, nausea, distention, abdominal pain, ibs, gallstones, cholelithiasis, symptomatic/chronic cholecystitis, and suffering.
Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgery, lysis of adhesions, cholecystectomy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) with biopsies gej and gastric antrum/body, and hernia repair with new mesh.
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