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 [...]
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 [...]
Women at Risk: Dyspareunia significantly more common after mini-slings than full-length slings
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows mini-slings do not reduce the risk of groin [...]
Vigna Law Group: New Jersey Vaginal Mesh Cases Moving Forward
The neurological injuries caused by these slings and vaginal mesh will be litigated for decades to come. “We look [...]
Double the Trouble: Mid-Urethral Sling with Sacrocolpopexy Mesh
Implantation of a mid-urethral sling & sacrocolpopexy mesh is an unnecessary risk especially when dyspareunia & disabling pain is [...]
Retropubic Slings: Safer Alternative Design to the Transobturator Sling
There is a basis of physician malpractice for merely selecting a full-length transobturator sling or minisling that inserts into [...]