The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.The product was used for therapeutic treatment of a ventral umbilical hernia.It was reported that after implant, the patient experienced severe abdominal pain, extensive adhesions to the mesh involving omentum and small bowel directly to the previously placed mesh, mesh shrinkage, fairly dense adhesions all of which weren¿t removed, chronic pain, defective device, mental and physical pain, suffering, disability, impairment, and loss of enjoyment of life.Post-operative patient treatment included lysis of adhesions, and invasive surgery to treat such complications resulting in the mesh being deemed more dangerous to the removed.
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