More than 100 women with complications from vaginal mesh implants have received payouts from three manufacturers in the first successful group claim of its kind in England.
It is understood that 140 women have reached a settlement with Johnson & Johnson, Bard, and Boston Scientific for undisclosed amounts, but the total is expected to run into the millions, the Guardian reported.1
The implants were widely used to treat stress urinary incontinence and prolapse in the UK until 2018, often after childbirth. However, they caused complications including chronic pain, bladder and bowel perforations, bleeding, and mesh eroding through the vaginal wall.
Some women were left in permanent pain, some unable to walk, work, or have sex. Many needed revision surgery to remove the mesh, and some continue to struggle with pain and other problems. As concerns grew about the scale of complications the routine use of mesh was paused …
