The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.
The product was used for therapeutic treatment of a ventral hernia.
It was reported that after the implant, the patient experienced seroma, chronic pain, suffering, a square/piece of mesh in left abdominal wall, abdominal pain, redness, open wound, fluctuance, abdominal fluid collection, mesh exposed, and purulent fluid.
Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgeries, pain injections, mesh removal, hernia repair, drainage of seroma and fluid collection, loculations broken up, fluid and tissue debrided, and wound packed.
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