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疝气是一个相对常见的问题,对许多人来说,需要手术来减轻日常疼痛, discomfort and other symptoms. Unfortunately, 有些人被承诺通过植入疝补片来修复疝,结果却发现自己面临着潜在的感染, mesh removal and more surgeries.

Motley Rice attorney Don Migliori is co-lead counsel for the hernia mesh litigation 关于Ethicon Physiomesh柔性复合疝补片产品的责任诉讼, and attorney Jonathan Orent is lead counsel for In re Atrium Medical Corp. C-QUR Mesh Products Liability Litigation. In addition, both Don and Jonathan also serve as co-lead counsel, 联络律师及原告指导委员会成员 In re Davol/ C.R. Bard Hernia Mesh.

如果你不确定医生植入的补片类型,你可以联系医生 Motley Rice hernia mesh attorney or ask your healthcare provider.

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In addition to Physiomesh and C-QUR mesh products, Motley Rice还在审查涉及其他几个品牌的疝气补片的病例,据报道,这些补片造成了严重的并发症, including Composix® Kugel® mesh patches (manufactured by C.R. Bard subsidiary Davol) and all hernia mesh manufactured by C.R. Bard made of Marlex polypropylene.

如果你或你所爱的人在接受疝补片植入后出现副作用或进行了额外的手术, contact medical device attorney Jonathan Orent by email or call 1.800.768.4026,看看你是否有资格提起疝气补片诉讼.

Hernia Mesh Side Effects

无论是腹腔镜植入还是开放手术, 在疝修补过程中,网状装置通常用于加强衰弱或受损的组织. The flexible sheets, which can be synthetic or animal-tissue based, 在整个20世纪80年代,作为一种疝气修复技术越来越受欢迎, 到2000年,大约占手术总数的90%, according to the Food and Drug Administration. 这种设备被认为可以最大限度地减少手术时间和恢复时间. 然而,如果有缺陷,它们会导致严重的并发症.

用不可吸收的马力士聚丙烯制成的网片可能会引起疝气 serious side effects, including:

  • 去除网片及其他与原网片相关的手术
  • Adhesions
  • Bacterial infections
  • Mesh migration
  • Obstructions
  • Pain
  • Swelling

不幸的是,一些疝补片并发症可能会严重到导致死亡.

Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Hernia Mesh 

Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, withdrew 在对两项未发表的研究进行审查后,该公司于2016年5月将其Physiomesh疝补片产品从市场上撤下,这两项研究表明,Ethicon疝补片的失败率高于其他产品, similar hernia repair devices.

The two unpublished analyses Herniamed German Registry和Danish Hernia Database进行的回顾性研究表明,Ethicon的疝复发率和再手术率高于平均水平.

Ethicon疝补片于2010年4月首次获得批准 FDA 510(k) clearance, 这意味着它在投放市场之前不需要FDA审查或临床试验来评估其安全性.

Motley Rice’s Leadership in Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

莫特利赖斯律师诉讼案件涉及多个有缺陷的网格产品超过十年,并继续在诉讼和网格相关的解决方案中发挥领导作用. Motley Rice attorney Don Migliori serves as the 共同首席原告律师和Composix Kugel Mesh多地区诉讼的联络律师 在罗得岛州联邦法院,代表数千名因疝气修补补丁而受伤的人. 此外,他还担任近12000人的联络顾问 Composix Kugel Mesh lawsuits consolidated in Rhode Island state court.  此外,该公司还拥有针对约翰逊的诉讼经验 & Johnson and other transvaginal mesh manufacturers.

Motley Rice律师Jonathan Orent作为TVM诉讼的联合联络律师代表了数千名女性 In re C.R. Bard Inc. 在新泽西州法院任职,在马萨诸塞州担任州法院联络顾问.

2014年,西维吉尼亚州的一个陪审团裁定,Ethicon在一项具有里程碑意义的审判中负有责任 $3.27 million verdict 一位被艾森公司的TVT-O骨盆网吊带伤的女性. 莫特利·赖斯律师事务所和联合律师为该女子辩护.

2015年,莫特利·赖斯的律师是该案的联合首席审判律师, Deborah Barba v. Boston Scientific Corporation which resulted in a verdict for our client Deborah Barba. The jury awarded her $100 million in damages, 7500万美元的惩罚性赔偿和2500万美元的补偿性赔偿, 发现医疗设备制造商波士顿科学公司对其Advantage Fit和Pinnacle TVM产品造成的几起永久性和严重伤害负有责任. 陪审团发现,波士顿科学公司疏忽了其Pinnacle和Advantage Fit设备的设计和制造,也未能警告不知情的医生和患者该产品的危险风险. 这是诉讼史上最大的TVM陪审团裁决. On Oct. 9, 2015, 约翰斯顿法官支持陪审团关于波士顿科学公司责任的结论,并标志着在预计漫长的审判后过程中跨过了另一个障碍, 当时将最终损害赔偿减少到1000万美元.

Motley Rice律师继续在与几种不同类型的网状物相关的州和联邦法院提起的骨盆网状物案件中担任领导角色, including those produced by American medical Systems, Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard, Inc., Covidien and Johnson & Johnson. Firm co-founder Joe Rice led negotiations and reached a settlement with American Medical Systems, Inc., on behalf of thousands of women allegedly injured by its mesh products. 该公司继续代表成千上万的其他妇女在经阴道网状物诉讼. 

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