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Traci Rizzo, who had an operation to remove pelvic implants, poses for a photograph at her home in Gulf Shores, Alabama July 17, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger By Alison Frankel and Jessica Dye ...

(HealthDay News) — For women undergoing vaginal mesh removal, bleeding complications are higher for removal from multiple vaginal compartments vs. a single vaginal compartment, according to research ...

Study findings highlight the role of urodynamic studies in diagnosing problems after mesh removal. Mesh removal frequently results in bladder problems warranting careful investigation, researchers ...

In a Health Notification issued in October 2008 and updated in July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned of serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical ...

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged a physician and the owner of a medical consulting firm over a scheme to persuade women to have their pelvic mesh implants surgically removed to bolster the ...

Collette Stevenson has welcomed a new treatment for mesh removal which could see women travelling to the States. Thousands of woman across the UK were left with permanent injury and in crippling pain ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A glass box engraved with “Another girl saved by the sling slayer” sits outside the surgeon’s office. A patient was so grateful ...

A medical lending company that arranged for women to have pelvic mesh implants removed often charged them more than 20 times what it actually cost to perform the surgery, Reuters has reported. Lending ...

The future of medicine is often imagined to include some sort of high-tech or shiny device. But many cutting-edge therapies are fundamentally about using and improving upon what the body already has.