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 sublay implants, the patient experienced infected mesh, small bowel obstruction, attenuation, scarring, inflammation, foreign body reaction, fibrosis, staphylococcus aureus, abdominal pain, bulge, "mesh poking out", mesh protruding out of skin, open wounds, draining clear yellow fluid, tenderness, wound dehiscence, pains, drainage, induration, purulent fluid, bacterial infection, urinary retention, and recurrence.
Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgery, medication, admission to hospital, foley catheter/flomax, wound vac, hernia repair with new mesh, and removal of one mesh.
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