Hernia Mesh Lawsuit

A great number of people have gotten hernia mesh surgery with implants and afterwards suffered from serious medical conditions.

Investigations have found that these issues were caused by the hernia mesh manufacturers, because they used cheap materials that put patients at risk from their hernia mesh surgery. Patients have been suing hernia mesh manufacturers for damages, and now, thousands of lawsuits have been filed against hernia mesh manufacturers for flawfully designing their products and failing to warn physicians and patients of the risks that come with using them and their possibility of causing serious personal injury.

Hernia Mesh Implants

The lawsuits arise from the mesh implants that surgeons use during a hernia surgery. Hernias occur when the bands of muscle or tissue, typically in your lower abdomen or groin, go weak, separate, and your insides stick out through them. It looks like a firm bubble or bulge underneath your skin. This causes pain and other complications, especially if other organs in the area get dislocated.

The most common types of hernias are:

Femoral occurs in outer groin or upper part of thigh
Hiatal occurs inside the abdomen along the upper diaphragm or stomach
Incisional occurs through an incision or an injury in the abdomen
Inguinal occurs in the inner groin
Umbilical occurs at the belly button
Ventral occurs in the general abdominal or ventral wall

Not all hernias require surgery immediately. However, if the muscle or tissue holding your insides in place gets strengthened or supported then the hernia will probably reappear.

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Herniorrhaphy is the hernia repair surgery. The surgeon makes an incision near the location of the hernia, and the bulge is pushed back inside the muscle, then either stitches are used to put the muscle together or implants of small hernia mesh are placed over the area. Usually surgical mesh is used because after the surgeon presses it into the muscle where the hernia has been, the muscle or tissue grows through the small mesh holes. The growth of this incised tissue indicates that the implant will slowly become a part of the muscle as the time passes, it will strengthen the muscle to prevent the hernia from reappearing.

Two types of hernia mesh implants that can be used are:

Absorbable mesh is used from animal tissue, typically from a pig or a cow. As it is completely absorbable, still this mesh loses strength as the time passes and does not work well as a permanent solution for the hernia.
Non-absorbable mesh is made from a synthetic material, i.e. plastic. While the muscle or tissue still grows through the mesh holes and creates scar tissue, the synthetic material still survives and provides a permanent source to strengthen the tissue or muscle to keep your gut inside.

A crucial impediment in the procedure and the usage of mesh is that the mesh needs to grow and support the muscle or tissue holding in the organs, not the organs themselves. If the mesh sticks to the organs then serious medical complications are resulted.

Around a million of these hernia procedures are performed every year in the US, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).