News Tagged ‘hernia surgery

Kugel mesh patch a terrible ordeal

In 2003, when Janine Ryan’s (not her real name pending a lawsuit) mother, Sophia, had a Kugel hernia patch implanted, neither knew that there were any possible risks associated with the patch. But Sophia’s patch broke, causing her to experience severe pain and other serious problems. Like many other people, Ryan and Sophia are upset that they were never warned about the possibility of the Kugel Mesh patch breaking.

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Kugel Mesh patients not out of the woods yet

Rockville, MD: Just because the Kugel Mesh Patch was recalled over a year ago does not mean that adverse event reports regarding the hernia patch are no longer being submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In fact, the FDA received numerous reports in August of serious problems with the Kugel Patch, some of them life-threatening incidents.

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