The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.
The product was used for therapeutic treatment of a hernia.
It was reported that after implant, the patient experienced perforated ileocolonic bowel anastomosis with abscess formation, sudden onset of retching, abdominal pain, bowel thickening/inflammation, puss under areas of mesh, infection, non-healing wound, fever, ventral hernia, incisional hernia, heterotopic ossification, dilated bowel, and abscess formation in the hepatorenal space on the right side.
Post-operative treatment included repair of hole in small bowel, vac dressing, intubation within icu for 2 weeks, bilateral pleural effusions with atelectasis, repair of abdominal ventral hernia with mesh, debridement/washout of abdominal wound with removal of infected pieces of mesh, recurrent incisional hernia repair, and mesh resection.
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