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FDA links incontinence surgery to complications

(Associated Press) UPDATED 2008-10-22

A type of mesh used to treat such women's health problems as stress urinary incontinence and prolapsed uterus has been linked to rare but serious complications, federal officials say. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 1,000 reports in the past three years about the surgical mesh, which is inserted into the vagina in a minimally invasive procedure. Complications include pain, infections, urinary problems, and a recurrence of the problems the mesh was meant to treat. The FDA is investigating the reports, but in the meantime officials are advising doctors to closely follow patients who have received the mesh. Read full story >

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