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Medical Groups Want Restrictions on Vaginal Mesh
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Wed, 12/07/2011
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Urogynecologic Society have issued an opinion that transvaginal mesh procedures for pelvic organ prolapse should be reserved for high-risk women because of concerns about the safety and efficacy of the synthetic mesh. More than 350,000 women undergo surgery for POP each year.
These medical groups also recommended that rigorous comparative effectiveness trials of the synthetic mesh be performed with long term follow up, and that adoption of new mesh products and devices be undertaken only with clinical long term data that demonstrates equal or improved safety and efficacy compared with existing products and devices. Likewise, they say there is an urgent need for the development of a national registry to track outcomes for all current and future patients who receive vaginal mesh implants.
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