Surgical Mesh: The Ten Year Window
The Ten Year Window If you are experiencing problems because of mesh please consider looking to our colleague, Linda Kilpatrick, for more information and support, Bladder Sling Surgery Blog Mesh Medical Device News Desk I have spent many years in the health care industry. The outcome of the observations I have made tells me that most often it takes about 10 years for facts to catch up with drug, treatments, and device approvals. Approvals in this arena come from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Commonly, because of the faster fast track system instituted now for a couple of decades, money buys the ticket to the train. When first instituted Fast Track cost a manufacturer about $330,000; now it is at least double. This doesn’t end up doing too much for safety because, if you follow the news, you too frequently hear about a drug recall, an ineffective treatment, or medical device failures along with product liability law suits. Surgical mes...