TephaFex P4HB Mid-urethral Sling: Chronic Polypropylene Complications Gone

“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 attorney. What is the long-term risk of surgery for polypropylene mesh related complications? “In our study population, the 15-year risk of sling revision [...]

2025-01-06T17:50:19-07:00December 6th, 2024|News, Vaginal Mesh|0 Comments

Birth Centers and the Increased Risk of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes

“Birth Centers are popping up all over the place … despite the data on adverse neonatal outcomes. This is simply better marketing the benefits of comfort and personal service of a birth center over safety provided by a hospital for the inevitable difficult delivery,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national birth injury attorney. What does [...]

2025-01-06T16:37:58-07:00December 1st, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Neonatal Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Prognostic Prediction of Neonatal HIE

“In an attempt to establish cutoff values to predict the occurrence of neurological sequelae, MD and FA measurements in the corpus callosum, thalamus, basal ganglia, corticospinal tract, and frontal white matter have proven to have an excellent ability to predict severe neurological outcomes," states Kenichi Oishi, MD, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. [...]

2025-01-06T15:35:20-07:00November 14th, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Early Diagnosis of Spastic Cerebral Palsy

“The aim was to investigate whether infants with periventricular white matter injury with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy have unique lesions different from lesions in those without cerebral palsy and to evaluate the early diagnostic efficiency of Diffusion Tensor Imaging for differentiating infants with spastic cerebral palsy from those with periventricular white matter injury without cerebral [...]

2024-11-11T22:38:14-07:00November 11th, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments

State-of-the-Art: Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy in Infants Born Very Pre-term

“We demonstrated consistent associations between early cerebral palsy diagnosis and the fiber density (FD), fiber-bundle cross-section (FC), and fiber density and cross-section (FDC) for each of the nine examined tracts," says Rahul Chandwani, MD, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, a neurological injury attorney who is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and [...]

2024-09-18T18:00:02-07:00September 18th, 2024|Birth Injuries, News|0 Comments
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