Chaffin Luhana Alerts Women to the Benefits and Risks of Vaginal Slings
June 22nd, 2012New York, New York—June 22, 2012— Chaffin Luhana LLP, a national plaintiffs-only law firm, alerts women to the results of a new study concluding that vaginal mesh slings reduce the risk of post-surgical incontinence, but unfortunately increase the risk of complications such as bladder perforation and pelvic hemorrhaging. According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 21, 2012, women who undergo surgery with a vaginal mesh sling to treat post-operative stress urinary incontinence are less likely to experience incontinence a year later, but more li...
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Division to Stop Selling Gynecare Vaginal Mesh Systems
June 6th, 2012New York, NY - June 5, 2012 - Chaffin Luhana LLP, a national plaintiffs-only law firm, alerts women that Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has announced a voluntary withdrawal of its Gynecare mesh products used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The products include the GYNECARE TVT SECUR system, GYNECARE PROSIMA Pelvic Floor Repair System, GYNECARE PROLIFT Pelvic Floor Repair System, and GYNECARE PROLIFT+M Pelvic Floor Repair System. Ethicon also has announced that it plans to update its labeling for GYNECARE GYNEMESH® PS to limit its use to a...
