The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.
The product was used for therapeutic treatment of an umbilical hernia.
It was reported that after implant, the patient experienced adhesions, recurrence, dilated fluid-filled small bowel loops, free air, ascites, attenuation, inflammation, diastases, tenderness, abdominal pain, pain, ileus, erythema, distention, turbid fluid, enterotomy, frozen abdomen, serosal tear, perforation, edematous, vomiting of green fluid, nausea, necrosis, purulent material, and small bowel obstruction.
Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgery, mesh removal, steroid injections, admission to hospital, medication, antibiotics, small bowel resection, wound vac, serosal tears repaired, perforation site closed, tpn, and lysis of adhesions.
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