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Hernia Mesh is a medical product used to treat and provide additional support to weakened or damaged tissue within the body. This material is often comprised of polypropylene or other synthetic tissue and compounds. Unfortunately, thousands of patients have been implanted with these defective products which can cause serious side effects such as painful revisions, hernia recurrence, adhesions, and infection among other things.
A great variety of hernia mesh products manufactured by different corporations have been at issue in recent years such as but not limited to:
- Bard
- 3DMax Mesh (and Light Mesh)
- Bard (Marlex) Mesh Dart
- Composix (E/X, Kugel Hernia Patch and L/P)
- Kugel Hernia Patch (and Modified)
- Marlex
- PerFix Plug (and Light Plug)
- Sepramesh IP
- Sperma-Tex
- Ventralex Hernia Patch (and ST Patch)
- Ventralight ST
- Ventrio Patch (and ST)
- Visilex
- Covidien
- Parietex
- Johnson & Johnson
- Physiomesh
- Atrium Medical Corporation
- C-QuR
Hernia Mesh Side effects:
- Revision surgery
- Severe pain and swelling
- Infection
- Recurrent hernias
- Perforation
- Migration
- Adhesions
- Partial excision and resection
- Debridement of the mesh
- Curling, folding, and buckling
