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Numerous product liability lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard claim patient complications and injuries related to Marlex hernia mesh. Defective hernia mesh claims have inundated medical device companies like Aspide, Atrium, Bard, Ethicon and Gore.
Any injured patient with an implanted Marlex hernia mesh product from 2005 until the present should contact a medical device defect attorney to discuss legal options. Plaintiffs have settled with mesh manufacturers to help pay for medical expenses, long-term disability and pain and suffering.
Product liability attorneys claim many hernia mesh devices are defectively manufactured, defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous. Potential Marlex hernia mesh complications may include:
- Chronic pain
- Recurrent hernias
- Adhesions
- Bowel perforation
- Bowel blockage
- Fistula
- Severe inflammatory responses
- Revision Surgery
Joe Lyon is an experienced Cincinnati, Ohio medical device attorney and hernia mesh injury lawyer reviewing Bard Marlex hernia mesh complications and revision surgery.
Marlex Mesh Injury
Plaintiffs argue that mesh manufacturers have not properly warned consumers and patients about the potential risks involved with the products. Bard knew about the risk of Marlex Mesh complications but has possibly downplayed the health risks of the implant.
Even so, consumers cannot ignore the hundreds of complaints received about the Marlex hernia mesh implant. Design defects are thought to cause many hernia mesh injuries in the U.S. each year. Amid similar scrutiny and legal pressure, Ethicon’s Physiomesh was removed from the market after many reports of hernia mesh complications.
Hernias occur when an organ or tissue squeezes through a weak spot in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue. Most hernias are caused by pressure and weakness of muscle or tissue. Anything that causes an increase in abdominal pressure can lead to a hernia. Common types of hernias include:
- Inguinal: inner groin
- Femoral: upper thigh/outer groin
- Incisional: abdomen
- Ventral: abdominal/ventral wall
- Umbilical: belly button
- Hiatal: upper stomach/diaphragm
Marlex Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
The use of surgical mesh is though to improve patient outcomes, though depends on each individual case. Surgical mesh is made of synthetic materials in knitted mesh and sheet forms. The material can be absorbable, non-absorbable or a combination.
The FDA compiles medical device adverse event reports. Common reports include complaints following hernia mesh injury include pain, infection, hernia recurrence, adhesion, blockage of the large or small intestine, bleeding, fistula, seroma, and organ perforation.
