Wednesday 24 October 2018

'Hundreds more' vaginal mesh implants need removal due to complications within a decade

'Hundreds more' vaginal mesh implants need removal due to complications within a decade Hundreds more women in England who received vaginal mesh implants to treat incontinence will need the procedure reversed, a study suggests.

In a study of nearly 100,000 English women, 3,137 (3.3 per cent) required the implant to be removed within a decade. This is a third larger than the number of reversals reported in an NHS audit of the procedure.

NHS England estimated just 2.6 per cent had to be removed because of complications, but the rate may be even higher for younger women as 4.4 per cent of those aged 18 to 39 had a removal. The Independent

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