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Bard PowerPort Heart Damage

The Bard PowerPort catheter has been linked to many serious injury complications and side effects. Severe failure cases have led to permanent injuries or death. These are the common complications associated with the Bard PowerPort catheter including: Bard PowerPort catheter is linked to fractures, blood clots, embolism, deep vein thrombosis…

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Diabetic Patients Shocked over Invokana Flesh-Eating Genital Infections side effects

Invokana linked to flesh-eating genital infections. According to the latest FDA warnings Invokana, Jardiance, Farxiga and similar diabetes drugs increase the risk of serious genital infections. The FDA issued a warning earlier this week, warning that the drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors increase the risk of serious genital…

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Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit

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…

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Non Tuberculous Heart Infections Following Surgery

Non Tuberculous heart infections following surgery, may be linked to a commonly used device known as the Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System manufactured by Sorin Group Deutschland (now LivaNova). Non Tuberculous Heart Infections following Surgery. Stockert 3T Heart Surgery devices under fire for non-tuberculous bacterial infection according to recent lawsuits. This…

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Los Angeles Heart Surgery Infection Outbreak

Los Angeles heart surgery infection outbreak has been reported by a Los Angeles Times report. According to the report, there are at least four heart surgery patients who have been sickened by the Mycobacterium (M.) Chimaera infection. Heart Surgery infection. Stockert 3T Heart Surgery devices under fire for non-tuberculous bacterial…

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Pennsylvania Atrium Mesh Injury Lawsuit

According to the details in a Pennsylvania Atrium Mesh Injury Lawsuit, Leonard Bartosiewicz, from Pennsylvania recently filed a product liability lawsuit against Atrium Medical Corp over its line of Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh. Atrium Medical Hernia mesh under fire over its C-Qur line of hernia mesh, linked to infections, bowel…

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Hip and Knee Implant Infection Epidemic

Many hip and knee surgery patients can develop bacterial infections of their implants, leading to painful re-do surgeries, long term antibiotic use and in severe cases amputation because of overwhelming infection. There are many causes for this, including patient and surgical factors and according to some experts the bacterial infections…

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