Mesh News Desk Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mesh News Desk
Many medical devices, including surgical mesh, do not undergo the same scrutiny as prescription drugs. As a result, patients become the post-market clinical trial subjects, and many suffer devastating and permanent injuries.
Donald Ostergard, M.D. has more than 58 years experience as a specialist in obstetrics, gynecology, and female reproductive disorders. Dr. Ostergard has published nine books and 141 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is one of the founders of the American Urogynecology Society (AUGS); the International Urogynecology Journal, and he helped found the International Urogynecological Association.
He established the first urogynecological fellowship training program in the United States.
In this podcast, Bruce, a hernia mesh advocate and head of the National Meshoma Foundation, shares his horror story pertaining to his failed hernia mesh, his struggle to manage the chronic pain and his efforts to help others like him.
In this podcast, Dr. Brown explores the failure of synthetic hernia mesh, its complicated removal and recovery for his patients.
In this program, Ms. Kinard, a former FDA Program Manager, offers an in-depth analysis of the broken medical device adverse events reporting system and how Device Events provides easier access to this critical data through clear, comprehensive, metrics, reports and signal alerts that can be used to improve health outcomes.
This podcast delves into and analyses the litigation surrounding the use of synthetic polypropylene meshes in women.
Dr. Greg Vigna talks about complications associated with implanted pelvic surgical mesh. His book focuses on synthetic polypropylene mesh implantation in women to treat POP (pelvic organ prolapse) and SUI (stress urinary incontinence). Mesh implantation potentially leads to the onset of chronic pain syndromes, primarily nerve pain and the diagnoses of three neuralgias, impacting the pudendal, obturator or ilioinguinal nerves. All of which are located in the pelvic region of the human body.