“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 [...]
“The weakness of the Altis 522 study include … high attrition rate (at 36-months, the attrition rate for the Altis arm was 23.9%, whereas the attrition rate for the Comparator arm was 40.9%)" according to the FDA Home 522 Postmarket Surveillance Studies Database. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national mid-urethral sling attorney, states “Unfortunately the FDA [...]
“Transobturator tape removal with bilateral groin dissection improves patients’ pain and quality of life,” states Dr. Marie-Aimee Perrouin-Verbe, MD. What else did Dr. Perrouin-Verbe, MD, report in BJUI Compass, 2024; 1-11? “It is associated with a high rate of overall satisfaction, low morbidity and an acceptable rate of stress urinary incontinence recurrence compared to partial [...]
Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice, mid-urethral sling attorney, states “retropubic slings that are placed lateral to the arcus ligament into the obturator internus muscle can cause acute groin pain that becomes chronic. Women with acute groin pain following a retropubic sling cannot have their pain dismissed by their implanting surgeon as laterally positioned arms of retropubic [...]
Dr. Greg Vigna, national mid-urethral sling attorney states, “The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), “Single-Incision Mini-Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women,” there remain unanswered questions regarding which single incision mini-sling, the Coloplast Altis or the Bard Adjust, was more responsible for the 2.5x greater risk of dyspareunia in the mini-sling group when compared [...]
“Transobturator tape removal with bilateral groin dissection improves patients’ pain and quality of life. It is associated with a high rate of overall satisfaction, low morbidity and an acceptable rate of stress urinary incontinence recurrence compared to partial removal. Groin dissection should be in the armamentarium, available for patients suffering with mesh complications," says Dr. [...]
“There was no discernible difference in terms of effectiveness or quality of life between patients treated with bulking agents and those treated with single-incision slings (Coloplast’s Altis sling)” states Dr. Lorenzo Campanella, Rome, Italy. What else did Dr. Campanella’s study, “Ultraminimally Invasive Surgery in Stress Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Prospective Comparative Analysis between Comparative Analysis between [...]
“There is a biodegradable mesh approaching the market that is resorbed from the body over two years and replaced by collagen. Not a permanent device because it is 100% degraded and removed from the body. This and other technology should push the defective cash cow polypropylene mid-urethral slings from the market that have injured two [...]
“Safer alternative designs for the defective polypropylene mesh that was banned in transvaginal placement for pelvic organ prolapse in 2019 and causing ongoing groin pain in women who undergo mid-urethral sling placement are lining up” says Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national mid-urethral sling, malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg Vigna, national pharmaceutical injury attorney, states, “PVDF has [...]