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Concerned about device regulation and lack of information for patients on safety of TVT mesh tape, mesh implants and synthetic slings used in gynae surgery.
Joined July 2012
Excellent summary of the rise and 'fall' of vaginal mesh highlighting failures all round by professional bodies. The saga still ongoing sadly.
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Surgeon society #BSUG are consulting patients on #mesh removal guidelines Please have your say by following this link https://t.co/1OkPVKiVuc
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“You’re betrayed all over again" 'Fiona' says she felt suicidal after her mesh was removed, her symptoms didn’t go away, and she later found out some mesh was still in her body. https://t.co/aAb21WpAVJ
#VictoriaLIVE
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BBC News - Complete vaginal-mesh removals 'leaving material behind'
bbc.co.uk
Dozens of women who thought they were having a "complete mesh removal" are said to be affected.
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Hello, I’m a surgeon in a movie. Life used to be quiet. Now flying the unpopular flag of using native tissue, not medical devices, in bladder surgery. Middle of a storm with angry surgeons, ferocious campaigners, dodgy researchers, greedy industry and weak regulators.
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Referrals to the UK's leading mesh removal surgeon have been stopped until further notice to allow @ElneilSuzy to catch up with the huge backlog of work Thanks to @OwenSmith_MP and @carlheneghan for continued support Terribly distressing to women
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Alice and her scales by @meshartbyblair featured at #BSUG @RCObsGyn today. Had her individual benefit/risk scales been explored / recorded, Alice would not have to campaign or raise banners outside Westminster. @MeshCampaign @JuliaCumberlege @IMMDSReview @NICEcomms @NHSEngland
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Complete laparoscopic midurethral mesh excision for a urethral erosion. You can see how integrated the mesh is laterally, and how unintegrated it is at the site of erosion. #vaginalmesh #meshinjuries
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Less than 10% of completed university clinical trials publish their results, which is a breach of #WorldHealthOrganisation standards & terrible for patient safety Its also a huge waste of time & money @normanlamb @TranspariMED
https://t.co/fnHp7KVzrt
@OwenSmith_MP @carlheneghan
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Inguinal #hernia repairs using #mesh are 5 times more likely to recur than repairs using a non mesh @ShouldiceHospit method, according to this long term study of more than 235,000 patients NO MESH = NO MESH EROSION RISK https://t.co/XKB1YFofji
https://t.co/o9RsSxt0xx
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Data has been updated for November on our https://t.co/3ujEqYk6WS. Up slightly to 51.9% of trials reported!
eu.trialstracker.net
By law, all clinical trials on the European Union Clinical Trials Register (EUCTR) must report their results in the registry within a year of completion. This site tracks which universities and...
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Unreported clinical trial of the week: prospective outcomes study of wall hernia repair with composite mesh (NCT02341430) - https://t.co/Z8DgyfbgD4 via @Shareaholic
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Don't forget....here in the USA, 100,000+ Women are in a Multi-District Lawsuit a Product Liability suit against 7 Manufacturers of TVM and are told to stay off of Facebook and Social Media! They have been suffering in silence for nearly a decade waiting for Justice!
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We report two cases of squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) of the abdominal wall, arising in patients with long-term mesh infection. RESULTS: In both patients, the degeneration of mesh infection into SCC was presumably caused by the long-term inflammation secondary to infection.
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New video shows 💯% removal of TVT laparoscopically including subdermal and rectus portions. https://t.co/28gzEnudBo (👩🏼⚕️@Natalia44723101 is the operating surgeon👩🏼⚕️ )
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@fibroidsupport @MeshCampaign @OwenSmith_MP @EmmaHardyMP @HumanHeadline @SharonHodgsonMP @carlheneghan @JackieDP @RCObsGyn @SteveBarclay @VictoriaLIVE @rcgp @NHSEngland @NHSImprovement @KarenPreater @jamesosh @LordPhilofBrum @BAUSurology @MattHancock @HQIP @IMMDSReview Tumor-Like Reaction to Polypropylene Mesh from a Mid-Urethral Sling Material Resembling Giant Cell Tumor of Vagina by Dr Donald Ostergard et al. Reactions to #mesh are variable @MeshCampaign @IMMDSReview @hindawi @OwenSmith_MP @SharonHodgsonMP @EmmaHardyMP
https://t.co/on2KPlPt6z
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JAMA study shows 3.3% women have mesh removed by 9yrs & 6.9% some kind of re-op But #Mesh problems are only a small chapter in the disaster Our survey shows 70% of women not had removals yet suffer irreversible chronic pain, infections & lost sex lives https://t.co/HQDfRMTiqv
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Call for legal action on mesh firms...supported by all mesh survivors @NeilFindlay_MSP @Carlaw4Eastwood @AlexNeilSNP @PM4EastRen @MBLacey @JohannLamont @RonaMackayMSP
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