Loss of bladder control and pain during sex are not subjects most women like to talk about. But those symptoms or, more specifically, the devices used to treat them are hot topics among plaintiffs attorneys, who have filed nearly 1,000 cases against four manufacturers of the products.
The suits allege that the transvaginal mesh devices, which are surgically implanted in women, have not only failed to work, but instead have caused infections, injuries and discomfort. In many cases, the women face difficult surgeries to remove them. Some women, whose husbands have joined in the suits, can’t have sex at all without pain.
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