After years of complications, some hernia mesh patients say payouts fall short

Years after a settlement was approved by courts, patients who suffered complications from medical mesh used to treat issues ...

With 10,000 lawsuits pending, Medtronic’s hernia mesh faces its first jury

The bellwether trial is testing allegations that the Minnesota-run company’s mesh products injured patients and were marketed with misleading safety claims.
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Mesh is no better than sutures for hiatal hernia repair, long-term study finds

Researchers led by Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, have conducted a long-term study regarding the use of mesh reinforcement in hiatal hernia repair for patients with gastroesophageal reflux ...

Jury rules Medtronic owes $88M in first case about hernia treatment products

Medtronic’s first case defending its hernia repair products in court concluded with a costly setback. On Tuesday, a jury returned an $88 million verdict against Medtronic in a bellwether case over ...
Hoodline

Washington Hernia Mesh Patients Say Settlement Checks Barely Cover Their Pain

A $55,000 hernia mesh settlement shrank to under $10,000 after fees. Washington patients say the math doesn't add up.

US jury says Medtronic owes $88 million in first case to go to trial over Covidien's hernia mesh

By Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth BOSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Medtronic must pay an Alabama man and his wife $88 million, a federal jury decided on Tuesday, in the first case to go to trial out of ...
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Check Your Health- Advances in Hernia Surgical Care

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A hernia is a weakness in the abdominal wall that allows internal tissues ...