Serious Complications and Side Effects of the Kugel Mesh Patch - Know Your Risks

If you have been given a Kugel Mesh Patch that has been recalled you are at serious risk for:

• Bowel Perforations
• Bowel Obstruction
• Chronic Intestinal Fistulae (abnormal connections or passageways between the intestines and other organs)
• Serious infection due to migration of a broken memory coil ring
• Requiring additional surgeries to repair a perforation caused by a broken ring
• Death from any of the above complications
• Surgery for removal and/or replacement of the Kugel Mesh Patch

Kugel Mesh Patch Injuries - Your Legal Rights

At Douglas & London, we firmly believe in holding corporations accountable for their negligent behavior. For this reason, we are committed to helping people who were harmed by the Kugel Mesh Patch or were given a Kugel Mesh Patch that has been recalled. We will also fight for family members of victims who have died as a result of a defective Kugel Mesh Patch. If you or a loved one suffered a serious problem as a result of a defective Kugel Mesh Patch or have a Kugel Mesh Patch that has been recalled, our pharmaceutical litigation experts will help protect your legal rights.

The Kugel Mesh Patch and Serious Injuries

The FDA issued an immediate recall of Bard Composix® Kugel Mesh Hernia Repair Patches on December 22, 2005 and updated the list again on January 10, 2007.

The Kugel Mesh Patch was recalled because the "memory recoil ring" that opens the Bard® Composix® Kugel® Mesh Patch can break in the intra-abdominal (inside the belly area) space, which can lead to bowel perforations (rupture) and/or chronic (recurring) intestinal fistulae (abnormal connections or passageways between the intestines and other organs). This can also lead to serious infection due to migration of a broken memory coil ring, which can require additional surgeries to repair a perforation caused by a broken ring, or even death.

Further even if you have no immediate injury a second surgery to remove and/or replace your Kugel Mesh Patch may be necessary.

Kugel Mesh Patch Recall List

You may be entitled to compensation if you have or were injured as a result of any of the Kugel Mesh Patches listed below, which were recalled:

PC#0010206	Bard Composix Kugel	Extra Large Oval	8.7" x 10.7"
PC#0010207	Bard Composix Kugel	Extra Large Oval	10.8" x 13.7"
PC#0010208	Bard Composix Kugel	Oval	7.7" x 9.7"
PC#0010209	Bard Composix Kugel	Oval	6.3" x 12.3"
PC#0010202	Bard Composix Kugel Large	Oval	5.4" x 7"
PC#0010204	Bard Composix Kugel	Large Circle	4.5"

Compensation for Kugel Mesh Patch Injuries

Douglas & London is committed to helping those who have been given a Kugel Mesh Patch for their hernia repair recover compensation for their injuries. We can also assist family members who experienced the wrongful death of a loved one due to the Kugel Mesh Patch.

We will fight to help you recover damages for:

• Medical expenses
• Pain and suffering
• Subsequent surgery
• Physical and emotional suffering
• Loss of companionship
• Lost wages
• Funeral expenses (in wrongful death cases)
• Punitive damages

If you or a loved one suffered Kugel Mesh patch injuries, contact our pharmaceutical litigation experts for a free case evaluation.

Compensation for Kugel Mesh Patch Use

The Class I Recall of the Kugel Mesh Patch is the highest recall the FDA can enact for a defective medical device. If a product presents a real danger to the health or safety of the consuming public, the FDA attempts to act as quickly as possible to ensure that the fewest people are hurt by the defect, but unfortunately these failures are often only detected after someone suffers from the side effects of the product. Therefore, even if you have not suffered injury as a result of the Kugel Mesh Patch, you may be entitled to compensation if your doctor advises you that you require surgical removal of the recalled Kugel Mesh Patch.