Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Gynecare Gynemesh PS is a nonabsorbable PROLENE Soft Mesh used as a surgical treatment for vaginal wall prolapse, a specific kind of […]

Recently the US Food and Drug Administration has issued several safety communications regarding high risks of serious complications associated with transvaginal mesh, like Ethicon’s Gynecare Prolift […]

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon’s Gynecare TVT Exact Continence System is one of several products recently warned against by the US Food and Drug Administration. The […]

Although transvaginal mesh is billed as a minimally invasive procedure for treating pelvic organ prolapse, it has been linked to very serious side effects that have […]

Medical manufacturer American Medical Systems manufactures various medical transvaginal mesh products such as the BioArc transvaginal mesh. Sometimes called bladder slings or pelvic mesh, transvaginal mesh […]

Many patients who have received hip replacement surgery with a Wright hip implant have reported experiencing a type of metal poisoning called metallosis after treatment. Several […]

In 2004, Wright Medical Technology was forced to recall its CONSERVE metal hip cups due to improper manufacturing. Now, there is speculation that its Profemur hip […]

In 2008, Biomet Orthopedics announced a recall on its Modular Microplasty Cup Inserter hip implant. This was not the first time that a Biomet Hip product […]

At this time, medical technology giant Medtronic is being investigated by the Department of Justice as well as several Senate members due its failure to report […]