Blog: Unsafe Medical Devices

New Evidence Links Breast Mesh To Serious Complications: What Women Should Know Right Now

Mar 27, 2026

At first, it sounded like a promising idea. A way to provide support during breast surgery. A technique that could improve outcomes and help maintain long-term results. But now, new evidence is raising serious concerns. Reports are beginning to connect the use of breast mesh, often referred to as an internal bra, to complications that many women say they were never warned about. And for many, this is the first time they are realizing something may not have been...

Breast Mesh Complications: What You Should Do Next If Something Doesn’t Feel Right

Mar 25, 2026

Let’s be real for a second. Something feels off. Maybe it’s pain that hasn’t gone away. Maybe it’s swelling, discomfort, or a result that just doesn’t look or feel the way you expected. And now you’re starting to wonder. Was mesh used in my surgery? Was I even told? If you’re asking those questions, you’re not overreacting. You’re doing exactly what you should be doing, which is paying attention. So let’s walk through this step by step. Not in a...

Breast Mesh Lawsuits Are Just the Beginning: Why Women’s Health Litigation Matters More Than Ever

Mar 23, 2026

You may have seen the headlines. Mesh placed inside the breast. No FDA approval for that use. Women now reporting complications and asking questions. And if your first reaction was, wait, how does something like that even happen, you are not alone. Because this is not just about one procedure. This is about a much bigger issue in medicine. And it is exactly why women’s health litigation has become such an important area of law. Let’s talk about it in...

They Put Mesh Inside Your Breast Without FDA Approval. Now Lawsuits Are Coming.

Mar 19, 2026

If you had a breast augmentation, a lift, a reduction, or reconstruction after cancer, and something went wrong afterward, there is a chance the problem was not bad luck. There is a chance it was a piece of surgical mesh that never should have been placed inside your body in the first place. Anapol Weiss is now taking these cases. And if this sounds like your situation, keep reading, because this matters. Breast Mesh: What Is It...

Anapol Weiss Files Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit for Injured Patient

Mar 18, 2025

Anapol Weiss, a nationwide personal injury and mass torts firm with its headquarters in Philadelphia, has filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a woman who suffered catastrophic injuries caused by two defective pelvic mesh products implanted for prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, Gynemesh PS and Advantage Fit, manufactured and sold by Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnso. The suit also names Jefferson Health System, Lehigh Valley...

FDA: No Reported Adverse Events Involving Morcellation Cancer Upstaging for 8 Years

Feb 15, 2016

Federal law requires the reporting of adverse events, but for eight years the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not receive reports of cases involving power morcellation and the spread of cancer. Between December 2013 and November 2014, however, the FDA received about two dozen reports discussing cancer and upstaging or dissemination – but all of them pertained to morcellation procedures women had undergone prior to December 2013. Power morcellators use spinning blades to break up...

Responses to Use of Power Morcellators by the FDA, FBI, GOA and Market

Feb 3, 2016

The first reference to power morcellators spurring the ongoing controversy was in December 2013 when the Wall Street Journal profiled Dr. Amy Reed, an anesthesiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Reed underwent a routine morcellation laparoscopic hysterectomy at Brigham & Women’s Hospital to remove uterine fibroids and discovered – after the surgery – that the mass her surgeons had assumed was benign was in fact leiomyosarcoma. Dr. Reed, who now lives in...

Medical Journal Highlights Current Power Morcellator Debate

Jan 27, 2016

This January issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology features two articles diametrically opposed in their messages as to the true risk of power morcellation. In this month’s issue, a group of 48 top gynecological surgeons, headed by William Parker of UCLA, and a few women’s health advocates, including Carla Dionne of the National Uterine Fibroid Foundation (NUFF.org), published a letter directed to the FDA in defense of the use of power morcellation and challenging the FDA on...

What Is a Power Morcellator?

Jan 20, 2016

Power morcellators are made by multiple manufacturers, and provide a less-invasive option in gynecological surgeries. They are shaped much like a drill, and can be inserted into a woman’s lower abdomen through a tiny incision. Once inside, during hysterectomies or myomectomies, they work by rapidly spinning blades which shred, grab and/or and chop up organs and tissue for removal through small incisions. The tool has been used with increasing frequency for laparoscopic gynecological surgeries in...

Power Morcellator Surgery Victims Have Their First Day in Court as Consolidated Cases

Nov 18, 2015

At 1:00 p.m. CST today, women and their families who suffered injuries as a result of a power morcellator will have their first day in federal court as a consolidated litigation in front of the Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. On October 15, 2015, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) entered an order transferring all power morcellator cases against defendant Ethicon to the...