Boston Scientific was hit with a lawsuit filed by a woman who sustained injuries caused by the Obtryx transobturator sling device. On December 16, 2021, Boston Scientific was hit with a lawsuit filed by a Washington State woman who sustained injuries caused by the Obtryx transobturator sling device used for the treatment of stress [...]
“Women with serious injuries caused by the Boston Scientific Advantage Fit and Ethicon TVT Exact cases are being filed across the country with symptoms of Ilioinguinal neuralgia and pudendal neuralgia. When these diagnoses occur together, that case is considered as the ‘prototype’ retropubic sling case that will lead the retropubic slings down the same [...]
Coloplast was hit with a lawsuit filed by an Idaho woman who sustained injuries caused by the Altis mini-sling device. On November 23, 2021, Coloplast was hit with a lawsuit filed by an Idaho woman who sustained injuries caused by the Altis mini-sling device used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The [...]
“We are seeing women obtaining care from multiple physician specialist outside of the field of urogynecology who are treating pudendal, obturator, and ilioinguinal neuralgia caused by retropubic and transobturator slings”…Greg Vigna, MD, JD Dr. Vigna adds, “The neurological pain syndromes caused by transobturator slings and retropubic slings may take a few years for a [...]
Alleging deceptive trade practices, the Texas attorney general settled its lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, which was accused of knowing its pelvic mesh could cause potentially severe side effects like chronic pain and increased incontinence but failed to warn doctors or patients. The mesh manufacturer agreed to pay 42 states a total of $116.9 million. [...]
Dr. Vigna discusses the status of current litigation and the continued efforts of Vigna Law Group to advocate for women suffering from sling-related injuries. On October 19, 2021, the Pelvic Mesh Gynecare Case List in the New Jersey State Court included the names of 4,500 women with injuries caused by Ethicon’s polypropylene transvaginal mesh [...]
Dr. Vigna, pharmaceutical injury attorney, and practicing physician discusses the Solyx sling litigation and complications that can arise from this device.On October 18, 2021, Boston Scientific Corporation was hit with a lawsuit filed by a woman who sustained injuries caused by the Solyx Incision Sling System transvaginal mesh (TVM) device used to treat stress urinary [...]
One side effect of pudendal neuralgia is bladder pain, but many medical professionals incorrectly diagnose this symptom for interstitial cystitis. “Unfortunately, women continue to suffer for years with an incorrect diagnosis of interstitial cystitis (IC) and have undergone years of unnecessary and sometimes harmful treatments only to be diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia. Complete mesh [...]
The Vigna Law Group continues to fight mesh and sling manufacturers as the law works to define what is considered a safer alternative to sling and mesh devices. “The Court finds Ethicon’s argument that Ultrapro is not a feasible, safer alternative simply because it also contains polypropylene mesh to be lacking. It is arguable [...]
Dr. Vigna discusses the details of another Ethicon TVT lawsuit and expands on his position to fight for the justice of women harmed by these defective devices. “We have a strong line of cases with serious neurological injuries from retropubic slings which will be analyzed in some cases under the consumer expectation or risk-utility [...]