Can You Really Recover Completely from a Failed Hernia Mesh Surgery?

Can You Really Recover Completely from a Failed Hernia Mesh Surgery?

Yes, you can recover from a failed hernia mesh surgical procedure, but you may have several complications as a result of a defective hernia mesh product. Ideally, surgical hernia mesh products are useful to repair abdominal wall hernias in adults, because there is a lowered risk of hernia recurrence than with a soft-tissue open hernia repair surgical procedure.¹But when the “easy” hernia surgery goes awry because of a failed hernia mesh, you can unfortunately look forward to many different types of complications that can impede your recovery from the hernia operation and repair of your hernia.

What Are the Complications Related to Failed Hernia Mesh Surgical Procedures?¹

There are many different types of complications that can occur with a defective or failed hernia mesh product. You can expect to have problems and complications no matter whether you have a surgical procedure to repair your hernia that includes a(n):¹

Recurrence of the hernia
Unsuccessful hernial repair
Fluid collection or abscess
Active bleeding in wound area
Reactive hydrocele
Inflammatory response to mesh product
Bulging mesh material
Erosion of mesh in body
Adhesions to other organs
Bowel obstruction
Infection from mesh
Urinary retention
Pain in infected area
Stoma stenosis
Erosion into adjacent bowel
Infection of wound area
Repair failure of hernia

If you have been personally injured from a failed hernia mesh surgical procedure, you can call a knowledgeable Los Angeles hernia mesh legal team at the Walch law firm at 866-INJURY2 or 866-465-8792.

What Types of Hernia Mesh Products Can Fail or Become Defective After a Hernia Mesh Surgery?

You may be excited to have your hernia repaired but find that the exuberance is short-lived once your hernia mesh product fails after being placed into your body with a surgical procedure. There are many different types of hernia mesh products, and there are no guarantees that any one hernia mesh product over another will be “guaranteed” to not fail after being implanted in a hernia mesh repair surgery. The choices of hernia mesh products are vast and many, and will include hernia meshes made by many different product manufacturers, including:¹

Ultrapro
Ethicon
Vypro
Vypro II
Bard Composix L/P and E/X
Bard
Proceed
Parietex composite
Covidien
Biomesh A2
Inramesh W3
Cousin Biotech
Bio-A
Gore

The types of materials and added components that your hernia mesh may be made from will vary as well. These hernia mesh materials are highly specialized and can include:¹

Poliglecaprone-25
Polyglactin 910
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
Oxidized regenerated cellulose and polydiaxone
Hydrophilic collage-oxidized film
Polyester mesh composites
Dimethyl siloxane
Polyglycolic acid and trimethylene carbonate

You can check your medical records and determine if any of these hernia mesh products were used to repair your hernia during your hernia repair surgical procedure. At any rate, we are here to help you sort out your personal injury claim against the defective hernia mesh product manufacturer, who are the at-fault parties to defective hernia mesh products.

Whenever You Are Personally Injured from a Defective or Failed Hernia Mesh, Call The Best Los Angeles Hernia Mesh Law Firm Right Away

It is not necessary to wait to call a Los Angeles hernia mesh lawyer if you are personally injured from a failed hernia mesh product. We are here to help you because it will be very difficult to fully recover from a failed hernia mesh surgery. You may have far reaching and life-altering problems and complications related to your recovery from a failed hernia mesh product. When this happens, you can talk to us right now if you have questions regarding the worth, value or settlement procedures related to a hernia mesh product lawsuit. All that you need to do is to call our law office today to talk about your concerns. We are available to take your call at Walch law, and you can call us at 866-INJURY2 or 866-465-8792.

References

¹Gavlin, A., Kierans, A. S., Chen, J., Song, C., Guniganti, P., & Mazzariol, F. S. (2020). Imaging and Treatment of Complications of Abdominal and Pelvic Mesh Repair. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 40(2), 432–453. https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.2020190106