Microscopic particles left behind by vaginal mesh could continue to trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissue even after the material has been removed, according to researchers. Experts ...

Study findings highlight the role of urodynamic studies in diagnosing problems after mesh removal. Mesh removal frequently results in bladder problems warranting careful investigation, researchers ...

Removal of vaginal mesh -- a device implanted to help support a woman's pelvic organs -- won't necessarily improve side effects such as pain and incontinence related to the device, suggests the mixed ...

A glass box engraved with “Another girl saved by the sling slayer” sits outside the surgeon’s office. A patient was so grateful after Dr. Dionysios Veronikis removed her painful pelvic mesh, she gave ...

Women need access to care they deserve for mid-urethral sling complications by doctors who can provide both complete mesh removal and partial mesh mesh removal. Clearly, without question, AUGS has ...

As safer alternatives for hernia mesh materials come to market, we expect rates of chronic pain from chronic inflammation to polypropylene and the resulting neuropathic pain to substantially decrease.