{"id":190415,"date":"2017-07-22T18:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T18:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/doctors-call-for-a-public-inquiry-over-vaginal-meshes\/"},"modified":"2017-07-22T18:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T18:39:41","slug":"doctors-call-for-a-public-inquiry-over-vaginal-meshes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/doctors-call-for-a-public-inquiry-over-vaginal-meshes\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors call for a public inquiry over vaginal meshes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Over 800 women in permanent pain are suing the NHS or mesh manufacturers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Doctors say there are more victims and compare it to the thalidomide scandal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>They say complication rates are &#8216;unacceptably high&#8217; \u2013 19% for some types<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Oxford professor calls for a public inquiry while campaigners want a ban<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Claudia Tanner For Mailonline<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  06:58 EDT, 19 July 2017<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  09:37 EDT, 19 July 2017<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          40<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Senior doctors have called for a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh surgery in Britain, saying it could be akin to the thalidomide scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It emerged earlier this year that the standard procedure to treat problems caused by childbirth has left hundreds of women in agony, with more than 800 suing the NHS <\/a>and device manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But experts say the true number of victims could be much higher than officially reported and that hospital readmission rates for one form of mesh surgery is as high as 19 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A meeting held at the Houses of Parliament was organised by Labour MP for Pontypridd Owen Smith, along with campaign group Sling the Mesh, which wants to see the procedure banned entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking at a meeting, Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford said: &#8216;With thalidomide you could see the visual representation. [With mesh] you can&#8217;t see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We should have a public inquiry.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a36a5a8b312d1a69\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Senior doctors have compared vaginal mesh surgery to the thalidomide scandal (file)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a36a5a8b312d1a69\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/19\/11\/427AFD6E00000578-4710002-image-a-1_1500459412527.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Senior doctors have compared vaginal mesh surgery to the thalidomide scandal (file)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Senior doctors have compared vaginal mesh surgery to the thalidomide scandal (file)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Certain implants have cut into women&#8217;s vaginas, causing discomfort so severe that one sufferer was nearly driven to suicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other patients have been left unable to walk, work or have sex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The meshes are implanted to treat incontinence after childbirth and pelvic organ prolapse, which occurs when the bladder pushes against the vagina&#8217;s walls.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/05\/16\/08\/406171E000000578-0-image-a-24_1494920059409.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>&#8216;Rest now little man, you touched so many hearts&#8217;:&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/18\/12\/4272C50C00000578-0-image-m-13_1500375753430.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>&#8216;A disaster from start to finish&#8217;: Mother&#8217;s fury after her&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/18\/23\/4270E4B000000578-0-image-a-18_1500417052410.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Boy, 9, who received first ever double hand transplant after&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/12\/13\/42147D8000000578-0-image-a-14_1499863660599.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>&#8216;We have started our own defect&#8217;: Mother reveals her guilt&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Between April 2007 and March 2015, over 92,000 women had vaginal mesh implants fitted in England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to NHS data, around one in 11 have experienced problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold health-ccox mol-style-medium\">Complications &#8216;unacceptably high&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eba6993dd5339693\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"345\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The vaginal mesh implants have 'eroded through' and 'destroyed' women's urethras\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eba6993dd5339693\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/19\/11\/427AF06E00000578-4710002-image-a-3_1500459491680.jpg\" height=\"345\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The vaginal mesh implants have 'eroded through' and 'destroyed' women's urethras\u00a0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The vaginal mesh implants have &#8216;eroded through&#8217; and &#8216;destroyed&#8217; women&#8217;s urethras\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">NHS TRIED TO DODGE MEDIA ATTENTION OVER VAGINA MESHES<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The NHS tried to dodge media attention over the vaginal mesh implants that left hundreds of women in agony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The procedure cut into their vaginas and left many in discomfort so severe they have been left unable to work, walk or have sex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It has now emerged the NHS actively sought to avoid courting headlines over the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Minutes from an NHS meeting back in October show an agreement\u00a0to &#8216;take the press element out of&#8217; a campaign for women experiencing complications from the devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The meeting&#8217;s minutes, seen by the Press Association, outline the Medicines  Healthcare products Regulatory Agency&#8217;s (MHRA) yellow card campaign, which targets under-reporting of mesh complications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officials said they should  &#8216;look into taking the press element out of the mesh yellow card campaign&#8217; and &#8216;investigate whether there can be a general yellow card campaign, of which mesh is one element, to avoid media attention on mesh&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, professor Heneghan and Dr Sohier Elneil, a consultant urogynaecologist at University College Hospital, told the meeting\u00a0that complication rates for some types of the surgery are &#8216;unacceptably high&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Their warning raises questions about whether the procedure is being performed appropriately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dr Elneil said that unpublished research by her team, based on the NHS&#8217;s Hospital Episode Statistics, show that the surgery has a readmission rate of 8.9 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added that the majority of these patients needed some form of subsequent procedure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;These are not minor complications,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, a report by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the government watchdog, suggested the rate of\u00a0pain or &#8216;erosion&#8217; for mesh procedures is just one to two per cent rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Professor Heneghan disagreed and cited a recent Lancet study, which showed that the readmission rate for one form of the surgery was 19 per cent.<span class=\"mol-style-bold health-ccox mol-style-medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An MHRA spokeswoman said: &#8216;Patient safety is our highest priority and we are committed to help address the serious concerns raised by some patients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;MHRA strongly encourages the reporting of issues related to all medical devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When promoting reporting it is important to strike a balance between causing undue concern to patients who may benefit from a procedure and making sure they are aware of the potential complications.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v2\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/07\/21\/20\/428F069200000578-0-image-m-35_1500663975717.jpg\" alt=\"Florina Pastina, 36, died from her injuries on Friday morning. 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