Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a condition in which organs like the urethra or bladder fall into the pelvic cavity due to stretched or weakened pelvic muscles. The condition affects nearly 1 out of every 10 women in the United States after childbirth, a hysterectomy or menopause.
The FDA recently warned that the transvaginal implant of surgical mesh devices to repair conditions like pelvic organ prolapse could cause severe side effects like vaginal mesh infection. These injuries could affect hundreds of thousands of women who underwent the procedure.
Much attention has been given to the legal rights of those who experienced side effects after receiving a transvaginal mesh implant to pursue legal action for their side effects. However, the same legal help is also available to those who are having complications after undergoing a bladder sling procedure.
Following a recent FDA warning, hundreds of thousands of women who underwent vaginal mesh implant surgeries to repair pelvic organ prolapse could face complications like mesh erosion.
Approximately one in ten women will experience conditions like pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence after childbirth, in which weakened or stretched pelvic muscles allow the bladder, urethra, intestines or other organs to drop into the pelvic cavity.