BD (NYSE: BDX) today announced the first Phasix hernia mesh laparotomy reinforcement case performed in Greece.

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MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: SFES) is bringing the AMID Stapler® to market in the United States with the creation of a nationwide sales team. The AMID Stapler was created ...

The vaginal mesh scandal continues to dominate headlines after hundreds of thousands of women around the world experienced life-changing complications, but now, campaigners in the UK want to ensure ...

AUSTIN, Texas — More than one million hernia surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. The majority of those surgeries involve plastic mesh. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration ordered ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Moving is never easy. It's even harder when you're recovering from your ninth surgery. “I wish somebody had told me don't do it, don't do it,” said Carmen Pacheco. “It's put a ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

More patients who have undergone hernia operations are coming forward with stories of painful post-surgery complications they say have been caused by hernia-mesh products. They have spoken out as the ...