A Message to Dr. Ridgeway: “Synthetic slings are not the standard of care”
There is a large percentage of urologists, gynecologists, and urogynecologists who don’t place TOT slings because of catastrophic, life-altering [...]
Brain Injury Law: Facial Nerve Injury In TBI: Smile Early Or Smile Late
The second most common cause of facial nerve (FN) palsy is trauma and is most often caused by a [...]
COVID-19 and Nursing Home Staffing Shortages: Risk of Bed-Sores
State of the World’s Nursing estimated a shortage of 5.9 million nurses. Nursing homes are the most vulnerable population [...]
Bad News for Women: “The Altis Sling…Performance is Consistent with…Predicate Devices”
Does the Altis sling, like other mini-slings, reduce the risk of obturator and pudendal neuralgia when compared to TVT-O [...]
Litigation Update: Mini-Sling 522 Study and IDE Study Don’t Prove Safety
Will transobturator polypropylene slings be next to be banned by the FDA? On April 16, 2019 the FDA banned [...]
Stroke: Every 15 Minutes Matters…Medically and Legally
The Journal of the American Medical Association proved that faster time to treatment has been showed to have better [...]
Transvaginal Mesh Aggregate Settlements Failed to Compensate the Most Injured
Matrix settlements provided little relief for women with catastrophic pain syndromes that lead to a lifetime of disability and [...]
Acute Vertigo and Nausea: Basilar Stroke…Please Go To ER
Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) leads to a catastrophic stroke syndrome that...carries a risk between 40-80 percent death and severe [...]
Transvaginal Mesh Litigation: A Focused Look at Compensatory Damages Post-MDL
Women with disabling injuries have yet to settle claims against TVM manufacturers because accepting the offer would result in [...]
Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Twice as Many Thrombectomies
During the peak of the outbreak in Manhattan, Dr. Weinberger reported, “We’re doing twice as many interventions for large [...]
Transobturator Sling Latent or Acute Injuries? Manufacturers Responsible for Both
For women with injuries from the transobturator slings, there are symptoms and types of disability that suggest obturator and [...]
Red Flag Warning: Subacute and Acute Cauda Equina Syndrome
In practice, many patients with CES have presentations that are chronic or subacute that are indolent and often overlooked [...]