Pelvic meshes banned in Australia by Therapeutic Goods Administration

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated November 30 2017 - 2:22pm, first published 11:19am
Late: Pelvic mesh campaigner Gai Thompson says the Therapeutic Goods Administration's decision to ban prolapse mesh devices is "too little, too late".
Late: Pelvic mesh campaigner Gai Thompson says the Therapeutic Goods Administration's decision to ban prolapse mesh devices is "too little, too late".

AUSTRALIA’S peak medical device regulator has banned all transvaginal pelvic mesh devices to treat prolapse in women but the move is “too little, too late”, say women who have complained for years about devastating complications following mesh surgery.

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