Category: Vaginal Mesh

2025 Altis Mid-urethral Sling Litigation: Nerve Damage Cases Moving Forward

Greg Vigna January 2, 2025 No Comments

“The Altis mid-urethral sling was a bad device during the IDE study and there is nothing reassuring about the safety of this device in the FDA ordered Altis 522 study.…

TephaFex P4HB Mid-urethral Sling: Chronic Polypropylene Complications Gone

Greg Vigna December 7, 2024 No Comments

“TephaFex sling is completely removed by the body over two years. This would eliminate more than half of all mesh revision surgeries at 15-years,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national…

Mid-urethral Sling Complications: Early Complete Mesh Removal for Groin Pain

Greg Vigna December 3, 2024 No Comments

“When patients report lower limb or groin pain immediately after surgery, injury to the obturator or pudendal nerve is often suspected, and mesh removal most often cures the pain. When…

Prospective Study: Altis Polypropylene Sling versus TephaFex P4HB Sling

Greg Vigna December 2, 2024 No Comments

“I doubt a study comparing the Altis to the TephaFex mid-urethral sling will ever happen. I anticipate the P4HB technology will finally end the polypropylene vaginal mesh debacle,” states Greg…

Midurethral Sling Update: 2024 Nearly Over, PVDF Still Not Available in United States

Greg Vigna November 11, 2024 No Comments

“Polypropylene and PVDF slings showed similar high cure or improvement rate (91.0% vs. 95.6%) … A higher incidence of long-term pain events were observed in the polypropylene group,” states Dr.…

SIMS Trial: Risks of the Coloplast Altis Sling for Dyspareunia and Coital Incontinence Reported

Greg Vigna October 29, 2024 No Comments

“Clearly, the women who were assigned into the Coloplast Altis group ‘drew the short straw’ as their sexual function was placed at risk as a result of this device when…

Altis IDE Study: Two Year Study Reveals No New AEs at 24 Months

Greg Vigna October 22, 2024 No Comments

“One prospective cohort study of 116 women receiving Altis reported groin/hip/thigh pain (8%), dyspareunia (1%), and tape exposure (3.5%) at 12 months’ follow-up, but, interestingly, no further new AEs at…

Boston Scientific Obtryx and Advantage Fit: Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Groin Pain

Greg Vigna October 19, 2024 No Comments

“Despite Boston Scientific admitting to ‘serious injury’ caused by their Marlex mesh, doctors continue to fail to timely diagnose and treat the known complications caused by these devices,” states Greg Vigna,…

Single-incision Mid-urethral Sling Study: More Dyspareunia and More Pain at 4 Weeks

Greg Vigna October 17, 2024 No Comments

“Single-incision slings are associated with more pain at 4 weeks, more dyspareunia, and require more frequent further surgeries than full-length mid-urethral slings. No class of women would derive benefit from…

FDA Altis 522 Study 3-year Data: 8% Risk of Leg Pain vs. 0.6% in Full-length Slings

Greg Vigna September 25, 2024 No Comments

“(Full-length mid-urethral slings) are associated with significant complications, including bladder perforation and vessel injuries with RMUS (retropubic slings), and postoperative groin and thigh pain with TMUS (transobturator slings). To minimize…

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