The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.The product was used for laparoscopic therapeutic treatment of a ventral incisional hernia and an incisional hernia.It was reported that after the implant, the patient experienced adhesions, hernia recurrence, small bowel obstruction, small bowel enterotomy, serosanguinous fluid, and mesh erosion into viscera.Post-operative patient treatment included mesh removal, hernia repair with mesh, lysis of adhesions of pelvis and multiple loops of bowel taking two hours, repair and debridement of small enterotomy, small bowel resection, and revision surgery.
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