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 fibroconnective soft tissue, degenerative changes, calcification, necrosis, foreign body reaction, fibrous tissue, abdominal pain, adhesions, foreign body material, scar tissue, granuloma, pain, meshoma, neuroma/neuralgia, palpable nodule, mesh rolled, diastasis, and histiocytic response.
Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgery, diagnostic laparoscopy, biopsy of foreign material, removal of foreign body abdominal wall, removal of granuloma, neurectomy, excision of left inguinal nerves, meshoma removed, debridement, multiple hernia repairs, partial removal of mesh, and hernia repair with new mesh.
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