Vaginal Mesh Update: Transobturator Sling Removal with Pudendal Neurolysis

Polypropylene-induced fibrosis links to pudendal neuralgia; red flag symptoms and PVDF benefits emphasized In our second clinical case, an irritation of the nerve might have occurred due to the fibrosis generated by the posteriorly deviated passage of the sling in the obturator foramen, close to the sacrospinous ligament” … Dr. Nasser Habib, Gynecologist, Siena, [...]

2024-02-15T01:09:40+00:00February 23rd, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Follow-up on the Single-incision Mini-Sling NEJM Data

The underlying data compared complications of the retropubic slings with transobturator slings and compared the Altis mini-sling to Bard’s mini-sling. We have been waiting for the underlying data from the New England Journal of Medicine, published on March 31, 2022. The underlying data compared complications of the retropubic slings with transobturator slings and compared [...]

2024-02-14T17:29:17+00:00February 18th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Midurethral Sling Update: 2023 Nearly Over, PVDF Still Not Available in United States

Mid-urethral slings made from PVDF are still not available in the United States, despite being available across the rest of the world Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is known to have better textile and biological properties”… Dr. Ann-Sophia Page, European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 279, December 2022, pgs. 60-71. Dr. Greg [...]

2024-02-14T17:25:07+00:00February 16th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Dynamesh (PVDF): One Step at a Time to the Transvaginal Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Dynamesh makers taking a responsible and deliberate path toward acceptance of PVDF as a useful biomaterial for transvaginal treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. The makers of Dynamesh (PVDF), in a 2023 study from Taiwan, appear to be taking a responsible and deliberate path towards general acceptance of PVDF as a useful biomaterial for the [...]

2024-02-14T17:15:21+00:00February 14th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Dynamesh (PVDF): One Step at a Time to the Transvaginal Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Dynamesh makers taking a responsible and deliberate path toward acceptance of PVDF as a useful biomaterial for transvaginal treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. “The makers of Dynamesh (PVDF), in a 2023 study from Taiwan, appear to be taking a responsible and deliberate path towards general acceptance of PVDF as a useful biomaterial for the [...]

2024-01-07T02:27:32+00:00February 5th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Vaginal Mesh Study: Safety and Efficacy of Vaginal Mesh Procedures with Dynamesh (PVDF)

PVDF meshes produce less scarring due to their higher biocompatibility, reducing the incidence of postoperative chronic pain complications Compared with traditional polypropylene meshes, PVDF meshes demonstrated better biostability, less focal inflammation or fibrosis in host tissue, and lower bending stiffness in a previous study … Therefore, it appears that PVDF meshes produce less scarring [...]

2023-10-28T20:28:54+00:00November 16th, 2023|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Unanticipated Adverse Event with Altis Sling: Study Reveals 7 out of 125 Patients with Groin Pain

In the JMIG study, 7 out of 125 women reported groin pain within 6 weeks of receiving an Altis Sling. “125 women underwent a midurethral single incision sling…In the hospital based Ambulatory Surgical Unit… 2 patients reported unanticipated Adverse Events (AE’s) …The office based Ambulatory Surgical Unit…7 patients reported unanticipated AEs”….The Journal of Minimally [...]

2023-09-16T22:53:03+00:00October 14th, 2023|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Single-Incision Mini-Slings the Future has Been Predicted

Dr. Greg Vigna, “The utility of the Coloplast Altis sling and Boston Scientific Solyx is questionable at best. The FDA still does not support their safety or efficacy despite the FDA’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Device panel recommending more studies of mini-slings for stress urinary incontinence in 2011. Their utility has been called to question [...]

2023-09-16T22:18:58+00:00October 2nd, 2023|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

FDA’s Current Position is that Safety and Efficacy of Mini-slings Have Not Been Adequately Demonstrated

The Coloplast Altis sling and the Boston Scientific Solyx sling remain on the market despite the continued FDA position. “Women have not been warned of the FDA’s current position that ‘The safety and effectiveness of mini-slings for female SUI have not been adequately demonstrated' which is a big problem for the implanting doctors," states [...]

2023-09-16T22:00:23+00:00September 27th, 2023|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Single-Incision Mini-Slings the Future has Been Predicted

The utility of the Coloplast Altis sling and Boston Scientific Solyx is questionable at best. Dr. Greg Vigna, “The utility of the Coloplast Altis sling and Boston Scientific Solyx is questionable at best. The FDA still does not support their safety or efficacy despite the FDA’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Device panel recommending more studies [...]

2023-09-10T16:53:56+00:00September 14th, 2023|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments
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