Posts tagged va

• Transvaginal Mesh Numbers Are Cause for Concern

  Craig Kelley | May 22, 2012 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The numbers related to the use of transvaginal mesh (TVM) implants for treating pelvic organ prolapse (POP) indicate cause for serious concern: Between January 1, 2005 and December...

• When the cure is worse than the disease: transvaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse

  Craig Kelley | January 09, 2012 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  If you are a patient seeking treatment for pelvic organ prolapse—or have already received treatment—then beware. In July of last year, the FDA issued new safety information on the use...

• Five Iowa Residents File Suit Against Urology Center Following Media Attention About Possible Infection, Illness

  Sarah Cool | April 22, 2009 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Following the Veteran Administration’s press release and warnings that veterans may have contracted hepatitis or HIV from improperly sterilized endoscopes, the Siouxland Urology Testing...

• No Further Cases of HIV, Hepatitis Infection Found Since VA Investigation Started Last Week – But Many Veterans Still Awaiting Test Results

  Sarah Cool | April 14, 2009 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Over a week after the Veterans Affairs Department released an email that it was investigating “the possibility of [a] relationship” between a patient’s positive HIV test and...