WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most recent announcement regarding surgical mesh, the FDA provided a historical background which delineates each step the agency took to protect women from post-surgical side effects from pelvic organ prolapse repair surgery in which surgeons used mesh to repair the … [Read more...] about How the FDA is Protecting Women Implanted With Surgical Mesh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order to all companies that manufacture transvaginal mesh to stop selling and distributing the medical device immediately. Surgical mesh designed to repair pelvic organ prolapse manufactured by Boston Scientific and Coloplast fail to satisfy the FDA’s safety … [Read more...] about FDA Stops the Sale of Transvaginal Mesh Implants