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“De novo urgency was present in 37.9% of patients (implanted with the Coloplast Altis sling) by 2022…Persistence or development of urinary urgency influences the results,” states Dr. Luis Miguel Quinatana Franco, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Read Dr. Franco’s article on long-term outcomes following the Altis sling in women with stress urinary incontinence or [...]
“The level of muscle tone is presented as a dynamic process in our study population. After early intervention, both hypertonia and hypo¬tonia improved, with the level of improvement of hypertonia more significant," states Yan-Li Hu, MD, Ninbo Women & Children’s Hospital, China. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney, and expert in life care [...]
Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice and mid-urethral sling attorney, states, “Our complaints include the following allegations: Prior to the date the Altis device was implanted into Plaintiff’s body, Coloplast also deliberately and/or carelessly failed to warn Plaintiff and her health care providers of the device’s higher risks of chronic groin pain and risk of dyspareunia [...]
On August 15, 2024, the Vigna Law Group launched the Therapeutic Cooling/Birth Injury Help Desk. This website includes the web version of The Mother’s Guide to Birth Injury, available for families. “The Mother’s Guide to Birth Injury, was written by physicians, birth injury attorneys, and a Life Care Planner who is an expert in cerebral palsy, spina [...]
“Delayed diagnoses and treatment of the complications that are known to be caused by mid-urethral slings including mini-slings leads to disabling pain syndromes that can be mitigated with timely diagnosis and treatment before the fibrosis of the mesh device occurs" states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. We are investigating sources of liability as described [...]
“We allege that our client has been seriously injured from the negligent selection of the Altis mini-sling and the negligent failure to timely diagnose and treat the known complications of this device” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, mid-urethral sling attorney states, “Dr. Elizabeth Tourville, is alleged to have failed to [...]
“A pressure ulcer should be closed surgically if it does not respond to wound care and there is no other contradiction to the surgical procedures. Exceptions may include the elderly or patients with a fatal illness, for whom palliative, local wound care is more appropriate” states Lisa J. Gould, MD, PhD, Plastic Surgeon, Chairperson, WHS [...]
“Chronic pain diagnoses increased risk of midurethral sling revision/removal; pelvic pain and numbers of diagnoses increased this risk,” states Dr. Nicholas F. Rockefeller, M.D. What else did Dr. Rockefeller report in “Midurethral Sling Removal or Revision in Women with Chronic Pain,” published in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. Volume 28, Number 5, May 2022? [...]
“Our client has been seriously injured from the selection of the Altis mini-sling, and the failure to timely diagnose and treat the known complications of this unreasonably dangerous device” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, mid-urethral sling attorney says, “The implanting physician named in this lawsuit chose to implant the Altis [...]
“There are some weakness to this data … 564 were analyzed … at year one, data for 427 subjects was available … for attrition rate of 24.3% ... After 3 years, 307 were available for evaluation (46% attrition rate)” says Dr. Frank Van der Aa, Department of Urology. University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. What else did [...]