We represent women with injuries from transobturator slings becoming symptomatic over a decade post-implantation as polypropylene foreign body responses occur. “My law firm tries many medical device cases. We have developed a number of trial teams for these cases just as we have in the past in other pharma cases such as in the [...]

The neurological injuries caused by these slings and vaginal mesh will be litigated for decades to come. “We look forward to proceeding with discovery for our clients whose cases are filed in the New Jersey consolidated Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation. Calling attention to the June 14, 2022, Case Management Order #84, we have filed many [...]

A study reveals that 25% of arms of retropubic slings are considered malplaced and considered ‘too far lateral’ which increases neurological risk. “There is nothing reassuring about the reliability of proper placement of a retropubic sling, as a well-cited cadaver study reveals that 25% of arms of retropubic slings are considered malplaced and considered [...]

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows mini-slings do not reduce the risk of groin pain compared with full-length mid-urethral slings Dr. Greg Vigna, practicing physician, national pharmaceutical injury attorney, and certified life care planner states, “This study was sponsored by England’s National Institute for Health Research and in our [...]

Implantation of a mid-urethral sling & sacrocolpopexy mesh is an unnecessary risk especially when dyspareunia & disabling pain is produced by both devices. “Implantation of a mid-urethral sling and sacrocolpopexy mesh is an unnecessary risk especially when dyspareunia and disabling pelvic pain may be produced by both devices. Differentiating which device is the primary [...]

There is a basis of physician malpractice for merely selecting a full-length transobturator sling or minisling that inserts into the obturator internus muscle. “We represent women with serious neurological injuries from retropubic slings. Our position is that full-length heavy-weight polypropylene retropubic are unreasonably dangerous and there are safer alternative synthetic designs that would substantially [...]

Vigna Law Group focuses on the neurological injuries caused by transvaginal mesh devices including pudendal neuralgia. “Because midurethral slings have recently become under scrutiny, it may return as a first-line treatment procedure. Both open and laparoscopic Burch colposuspension should therefore nowadays be provided in fellowship programs worldwide," states Nikolas Veit-Rubin, MD. Dr. Vigna, national [...]

Literature is supporting the efficacy of groin dissection and the removal of the arms of polypropylene slings for women with intractable pelvic pain “This case series is one of the few to report functional outcomes, in particular quality of life and sexual quality of life, after tape removal and has one of the highest [...]

TOTs cause man-made pudendal and obturator neuralgia, a burning or stabbing pain that follows the path of a nerve. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national product liability attorney, practicing physician, and Certified Life Care Planner states, “The 2020 Joint Position Statement on the Management of Mesh-Related Complications for the FPMRS Specialist has acknowledged that pudendal [...]

Coloplast was hit with a lawsuit filed by a woman who sustained injuries caused by the Altis mini-sling device. On December 27, 2021 Coloplast was hit with a lawsuit filed by a Florida woman who sustained injuries caused by the Altis mini-sling device used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The lawsuit [...]