Ethicon Mesh caused bowel perforation according to a lawsuit. Ruby Caveeck from Pennsylvania recently filed a product liability and personal injury claim in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania over injuries caused by an Ethicon Proceed hernia mesh. Ethicon Mesh caused bowel perforation according to a…
Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit. John Guerra, from Torrance California claims that the Ethicon Physiomesh patch used in his hernia repair causes severe health risks and complications. According to Guerra, he developed a chronic seroma and required many additional surgeries. Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit. Ethicon…
Man claims that Ethicon hernia mesh adhesions injuries were due to the plastic product. Charles Racine from Delaware recently filed a product liability lawsuit because of injuries from the Ethicon Physiomesh that was used during his ventral hernia repair. Ethicon Hernia mesh adhesions lawsuits. Ethicon Hernia mesh linked to adhesions,…
Ethicon Vaginal mesh lawsuit ends in plaintiff’s verdict. The jury in a Philadelphia state court jury found for a plaintiff and awarded a $20 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division, over complications with the Ethicon TVT-Secur transvaginal mesh. Philadelphia Ethicon Vaginal Mesh Trial Margaret Engleman, brought a lawsuit…
Recently, a Georgia Ethicon Physiomesh hernia failure lawsuit was filed by Connie Franklin, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Ethicon Physiomesh Hernia Mesh linked to infections, failure of the device, serious injuries including bowel perforation according to many lawsuits According to Franklin, Johnson & Johnson…
Babette Davis from Wisconsin filed a morcellator product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit after being diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, a deadly aggressive form of uterine cancer. According to Davis, the Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Gynecare power morcellator…
Michael G. Fitzpatrick, representative of the 8th district of Pennsylvania, has asked the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, to investigate whether three hospitals violated mandatory reporting policies in wrongful deaths related to the use of power morcellators during gynecological surgery. Brigham and Women’s Hospital (of Boston); Rochester General Hospital; and…
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the popular plastic transvaginal mesh device that has been used to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) transvaginally, or through the vagina, will have to undergo rigorous safety studies before being available to be used in patients. The FDA issued two final…
Recently, a Philadelphia jury found for the plaintiff Patricia Hammons, who suffered serious internal injuries from the Ethicon Prolift vaginal mesh. Johnson and Johnson, the manufacturer is exposed to at least fifty thousand similar claims, with hundreds of lawsuits fast tracked for early trial in 2016. $12.5M Verdict and Punitive…
In the United States, Hysterectomy is the second most frequently performed surgical procedure (after cesarean section). The majority of these hysterectomies are performed laparoscopically. What is Laparoscopic Hysterectomy? Minimally invasive or laparoscopic removal of the uterus, is know as hysterectomy and typically performed for the treatment of fibroids or benign…