Lawyers Expect a Tide of AMS transvaginal mesh TVM Lawsuits

There is rampant speculation that a tide of AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuits will flow amidst allegations the products caused infections, vaginal erosion, organ puncture and, in a handful of cases, death. And this isn't a lawyer talking, either. According to the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (The Business Journal 8/24/12) this is the position of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) itself.

To be fair, American Medical Systems Inc. (AMS) isn't the only manufacturer of the allegedly problematic mesh systems. Some 30 different manufacturers have been admonished by the FDA to undertake post-market studies of the transvaginal mesh, to better determine the safety and effectiveness of the controversial products. AMS mesh is one of those manufacturers so ordered.

AMS lawyers, and other legal professionals and plaintiffs investigating the problems associated with TVM mesh, make the point that in many such lawsuits, there is more than one person affected. To wit, while a woman may experience a basket of problems following AMS surgery, the woman's husband or partner may also be affected. Such was the case with a recent lawsuit involving another manufacturer, where the woman and her husband received separate awards—the woman due to her direct physical condition resulting from the implant, and a husband impacted by loss of sexual relations with his partner.

Many mesh patients have found they've had to give up intercourse due to the problematic mesh protruding through the vaginal wall, causing pain to both and risking injury.

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