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BAN THE TAPE

Following on from our recent coverage, outlining the complications of mesh implants, our friends down under have banned the use of vaginal mesh implants. This is the ultimate indication that vaginal mesh and transvaginal tape operations are not fit for purpose.

Oakwood Solicitors assist victims of Negligent Bristol Surgeon Tony Dixon

A surgeon in Bristol has been suspended from completing surgery including Mesh Rectopexy following reports from patients who've been left in agonising pain.

Oakwood Solicitors supports the call for a public enquiry into mesh procedures

Oakwood Solicitors have been instructed by patients who have been affected by complications of the vaginal mesh & TVT operations. Read more on this story here.

Teacher bled to death 14 hours after surgery after surgeon failed to notice he severed an artery

An English teacher died after her surgeon cut through an artery in her spine by mistake during a routine operation to relieve her severe back pain. Andrea Green 42 died 14 hours after her back surgery at Barnsley District Hospital in March 2010. Miss Green bled to death after consultant surgeon Hany Ismaiel made a…

16 year Old Girl Complained of Headaches Died After 13 Doctors Didn’t Identify Brain Tumour

16 year Old Girl Complained of Headaches Died After 13 Doctors Didn’t Identify Brain Tumour Natasha Simmonds16 died after her doctors failed to diagnose a brain tumour despite being examined 24 times. Natasha received treatment from 13 different doctors but they all failed to order an urgently needed MRI scan until it was too late.…