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Men left in agony by surgical mesh implants
Mario Spacagna is eternally grateful for the surgery that removed his kidney tumour. But he fears he will pay the physical costs of his survival for the rest of his life as a result of a secondary operation following the successful cancer surgery. ‘I am in constant pain, day and night,’ explains the 75-year-old from […]
Surgical mesh death
‘How I will ever get over this, I just don’t know,’ says Philip Chatfield. ‘If I hear a loud scream, it takes me straight back: sometimes it went on for half an hour without stopping. ‘She was in agony. I just didn’t know what to do. She tried so hard to live with it but, […]
Women damaged by surgical mesh furious at report rejecting calls for a ban
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4726704/Women-damaged-surgical-mesh-furious-report.html Women damaged by surgical mesh used to treat post-childbirth incontinence have reacted with fury to a Government report investigating the problem. At least 7,800 women say they’ve suffered lacerations and nerve damage because the mesh has broken into tiny fragments. The report, which is unpublished but has been seen by Good Health, is the […]