Rising Issues Regarding Faulty Kugel Hernia Patch Surgery

By Millard Garner

Across America, hundreds of folks were having hernia surgery and being implanted with a hernia patch. Sounds fairly easy, but apparently something went terribly inaccurate with the Kugel mesh hernia patches. They had a nasty habit of rolling up and wrinkling after being inserted.

The Problems with the Kugel mesh hernia patches failed to begin to become plain until 2001 when reports of its failure after implantation started appearing. Some of those observed complications included bowel obstructions, because the memory coil ring broke, and fistula development. There were other complications as well,eg the patches were folded, shriveled, buckled and curled. Manifestly this was not the optimal result hoped for after hernia surgery.

The patch was recalled in 2005 and consultants were asked not to use certain lots. However this time the rationale was because of the high risk that part of the plastic component of the patch could break off and cut the patient's organs or tissues with the aptitude for a lethal end result. Many of us and their defective drug lawyers wondered why the product hadn't been recalled before 2005. The answer was the company felt they didn't get that many complaints.

The whole mess escalated into a subsequent Class one Food and Drug Administration recall, which is considered to be serious. These particular patches are employed in over seven hundred thousand hernia fix surgeries each year, so if you have got any fears about the hernia correct surgery you could have experienced, or have suffered any significant complications, make it a point to contact a highly qualified defective medical devices attorney.

Many people don't realize this kind of a situation may be classified as medical malpractice, particularly if a surgeon utilized a hernia patch that was in a lot that was recalled. Take your potential case to a professional barrister and have it considered. You may want to file a defective medical device court action, but you need to consult with your attorney first. Be sure you have your medical records and the lot number of the Kugel hernia patch used and ask about your legal rights. - 31397

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