The Red Lotus

Once perceived as a low-risk and safe surgery, pelvic organ prolapse repair surgery is now known to be dangerous.  The actual surgery typically has a high success rate, in that a surgeon’s initial assessment is that the surgery went smoothly and presented no problems.  But the FDA recently published a statement that resulted from cumulative results of this surgery in the years afterwards, which showed that a high percentage of women experience negative side effects in the months and years down the road.  The health problems they are experiencing result from the implantation of surgical mesh.  The mesh is known to work its way out of the area where it was placed, and may also break off into small fragments.  Over time, these conditions can cause infection, as well as severe pain and bleeding.  Transvaginal mesh problems can sometimes be fixed with surgery, but there are also cases of women who have had over ten surgeries and still experience health problems that affect their quality of life, such as incontinence, repeated prolapse, and pain during intercourse.  Based on these cases, the FDA now urges surgeons to consider alternative methods of pelvic organ prolapse repair. More information can be found at www.meshproblems.com.