It's a strip of plastic called gynecological mesh. The manufacturers and several medical societies say the implant is safe. But more than 100,000 women are suing. And together, they make up the ...

CR Bard Inc. sold vaginal-mesh devices made of a plastic that its manufacturer warned wasn’t suitable for human implantation, according to unsealed court records. Managers at Bard’s Davol unit ...

These four are just some of the more than 6,000 women left maimed or crippled by the use of plastic mesh implants — introduced as a cheap operation for those with incontinence or prolapse.

But mesh campaigners told The Independent that they don’t feel any plastic material should be used for a vaginal implant. Previous implants were made of the plastic polypropylene, the same ...

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The mesh-injured community have endured debilitating complications, unaware that the plastic material implanted in their bodies is not fit for purpose and could degrade so quickly,' she said.

David Beaver from Dotmar Engineered Plastic Products tells us about their moulded products division and its capabilities.The moulded products division caters for injection moulded and extruded plastic ...

Ms Overton said SA doctors and medical students needed to be trained in surgical and non-surgical alternatives to plastic mesh implants. Until then, she said, SA patients were at risk of ...