Hernia repair is a very common surgery performed in the United States, yet many patients end up reporting serious post-op complications from implanted mesh devices. Patients with Bard’s 3D Max mesh device, and other mesh implants include nerve damage, infections, bowel obstruction, hernia recurrence, and a resulting revision surgery.
Doctors have utilized and touted surgical hernia mesh devices for years. Most of the available devices are made with a synthetic material called polypropylene, a material that has led to thousands of lawsuits against Bard and other medical mesh manufacturers due to complications and subsequent injury.
C.R. Bard and Davol have manufactured the 3D Max Mesh device—used for inguinal hernia repair—since 2007. There has been no device recall related to the 3DMax hernia mesh, but many injuries and lawsuits pending. Lawyers allege the mesh is defective, unreasonably dangerous and argue the companies did not properly warn recipients of the health risks involved with implantation.
3DMax hernia mesh is now linked to chronic pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, infection and other adverse injury reports. Many people surgically implanted with the Bard 3DMax mesh device are seeking compensation through litigation across the United States.
Joe Lyon is a highly-rated Ohio product liability lawyer representing plaintiffs nationwide in a wide variety of defective medical device claims.
Common Injuries Associated with 3D Max Mesh
Injuries and complications related to defective mesh devices may not present until years after the mesh was implanted. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received various reports of complications that include:
- Abdominal pain
- Infection
- Perforation of organs
- Adhesion—tissue sticking together
- Bowel Obstruction—blockage of the intestine
- Fluid Build-up (abscess)
- Leaking (fistula) of fluids
- Device migration
- Mesh shrinkage
- Hernia Recurrence
- Revision surgery
Examples of Adverse Event Reports include:
- Complaints of severe pain and swelling in post-op period
- Hernia mesh folded and moved from original implant location
- Patient presented with shortness of breath, diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis
- Severe pelvic pain
- Abdominal and testicular pain
- Significant urinary tract irritability
- Inflammation and infectious prostate symptoms
