Prolapse Surgery Claims

Prolapsed bladder surgery occurs when your bladder drops from its normal location down into your lower belly. This causes your bladder to press against the wall of your vagina causing great discomfort and pain. This ailment is most commonly encountered when the muscles that hold your pelvic organs in place get stretched such as following childbirth or surgery.

There are certain inherent risks whenever you conduct a prolapsed bladder surgery and your surgeon should explain the expected risks to you in full detail during your consent meeting. It is difficult to lodge a claim against a surgeon for side effects that are listed on your consent form. You are entitled to receive compensation for your injuries when your surgeon has acted outside the scope of proper medical procedure and it has resulted in injury.

Every surgeon is required to provide their patients with a “Duty of Care” that extends from diagnosis, all the way to after-surgery treatments. You may seek compensation for your injuries when your medical practitioner has given you treatment that is far less than the level of what can be reasonably expected by a professional of their status.

Types of Prolapse Bladder Surgery
There is a variety of different prolapse surgical treatments available to patients. Below are some of the most commonly encountered in Scotland:

Transvaginal Mesh Implants
In this procedure, a synthetic non-absorbable mesh is used to provide the vaginal wall with additional support. More than 20,000 Scottish women have had this procedure done over the last 20 years and in June of 2014; the NHS called for their use to be temporarily suspended after members of the Scottish Mesh Survivors campaign spoke on the horrible side-effect they had suffered as a result of this procedure. These side effects included:

• Chronic pain
• Vaginal Discharge
• Sexual Problems
• Internal Lacerations
• Protrusion of the Mesh
• Urinary Incontinence
• Bleeding

Transvaginal Tape
Transvaginal tape works in much the same manner as the mesh but with fewer side effects. Approximately 13,000 vaginal tape implants are performed a year across the UK according to NHS statistics.