As published on Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit WebsiteVaginal Mesh Lawsuit Contradistinguishing Urethral Hypermobility and Intrinsic Sphincteric Deficiency

A state-of-the-art medical device known for the surgical repair of gynecologic diseases such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence. (SUI), which are both characterized with an impaired muscles of the pelvic floor, is called vaginal mesh according to medical publications. Most of the time, women disregard the physical evidences of SUI since these are milder than the physical deformities acquired from POP. Although its symptoms start out as mild, it may develop into life-changing injuries.

Stress urinary incontinence can be sub-categorized into two, depending on the origin of the incontinence. Urethral mobility is one of the these. As regard to this shift, the deterioration of the endopelvic fascia and the front walls of the female genitalia causes a weaker support to the pelvic organs; this contributes to the displacement of the urethra. These two muscles, when subjected to abdominal pressure, may compress the urethra. When this happens, the bladder neck briefly opens, causing an involuntary leak of urine. The contraction of the abdominal muscles during straining physical activities like contact sports or even the slightest cough may trigger SUI.

As regard the intrinsic sphincteric deficiency (ISD), the urethra’s anatomical sphincter (which is a group of smooth muscles that is responsible for the passage of urine from the bladder) relaxes and does not tightly close, making urination easily triggered by an intra-abdominal pressure. Only one in every ten patients who have SUI has this kind of incontinence. Usually, this results after successive pelvic operations, childbirth, and even neurological diseases like spinal cord injuries. The use of the medical imaging device known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help distinguish these two types from each other; this type of device is the most modern visualization tool.

Women with SUI may have to live with the embarrassment and the discomfort it can bring to their lives and to those they are intimate with. There are some surgical procedures that may help correct this but only few were successful.The possibility for the incontinence to recur is very high, and the most commonly practiced procedure to correct its disturbed anatomy is through the vaginal mesh implantation, which is proven to have caused more definitive and lasting complications. Currently, women are filing for vaginal mesh lawsuit to obtain compensations for the destructive consequences of vaginal mesh support implantation.