TV8 Special Report – $116.9M Pelvic Mesh Settlement
Alleging deceptive trade practices, the Texas attorney general settled its lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, which was accused of knowing [...]
Nursing Homes: Hispanic Residents at Risk for Pressure Ulcers Simply Because they are Hispanic
Residents of nursing homes that have a higher concentration of Hispanic residents are more likely to have a pressure [...]
Vigna Law Group Position Statement: FDA WAS DUKED on risks of mid-urethral slings
Despite mid-urethral slings entering the US market in 1998 the FDA has been fed deceptive studies that were designed [...]
Polypropylene Mid-Urethral Slings: “God Awful Data”, Serious Complications Rate Revealed
Finally, there is a long-term study that captures the true rate of surgical complications from mid-urethral slings. “It has [...]
Mid-urethral slings: Ominous long-term data reveal serious injuries into the future
Long-term data is very bad for women implanted with polypropylene midurethral slings. Dr. Greg Vigna, practicing physician, national pharmaceutical [...]
Vigna Law Group: What We Know Now About Single-Incision Mini-Slings
The high rate of dyspareunia (11.7%) with mini-slings deserves further analysis and consideration of whether to implant them in [...]
Vigna Law Group: Investigating Mid-Urethral Sling Complications for Physician Malpractice
The use of mid-urethral slings for the treatment of SUI can be considered dubious, given history of litigation and [...]
Vigna Law Group: Investigating Early Post-Op Pain Following Mid-Urethral Sling
NEJM published that mini-slings that insert into the obturator internus muscle do not reduce the risk of groin pain [...]
Heavy-Weight Polypropylene Slings: The End is Near, we hope.
NEJM article is just another chapter of the ever-growing history of the failure of heavy-weight polypropylene vaginal mesh devices [...]
IVC Filter Fractures and Inferior Vena Cava Occlusion Both Big Injuries, Very Bad Devices
For thousands of Americans who were implanted with retrievable filters, many have already perforation of the IVC causing inferior [...]
Vaginal Mesh Litigation Update: Twice the Risk of Dyspareunia with Mini-Slings
New England Journal of Medicine published evidence that mini-slings carry at least a 2x risk of dyspareunia when compared [...]
Vaginal Mesh Litigation Update: Martin Baughman develops multiple trial teams in preparation for multiple trials
We represent women with injuries from transobturator slings becoming symptomatic over a decade post-implantation as polypropylene foreign body responses [...]
Proper positioning of a retropubic sling arms is not reliable
A study reveals that 25% of arms of retropubic slings are considered malplaced and considered ‘too far lateral’ which [...]