Breast Mesh Injury Lawsuit Lawyers

Breast Mesh Lawsuits: What & Why

Breast mesh refers to surgical mesh or scaffold material implanted during a breast procedure to provide internal support. Patients may have been told the mesh would help reinforce tissue, support an implant, improve breast shape, reduce sagging, or create an “internal bra.”

Mesh may have been used during breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reconstruction, implant revision, implant exchange, or other breast procedures.

Legal claims may allege that manufacturers and providers promoted mesh for breast procedures despite the lack of FDA clearance or approval for breast surgery, failed to adequately test mesh in breast tissue, failed to study long-term outcomes, and failed to warn patients about risks specific to breast use.

Breast mesh lawsuits focus on a serious question: were patients exposed to unnecessary risks without full and fair warning?

Breast tissue is not the same as abdominal tissue, hernia tissue, or other areas where certain surgical mesh products may have been studied or cleared. Patients deserve to know whether the product placed inside their body was properly tested and whether they were given accurate information before surgery.

Potential Breast Mesh Injuries and Complications

CohenMalad, LLP is reviewing cases involving serious complications after breast procedures involving mesh. Potential injuries may include:

• Pain and nerve-related complications, including chronic breast pain, burning or stabbing sensations, nerve pain, or nerve damage
• Infection and inflammation, including chronic inflammation, fluid buildup, open wounds, drainage, or poor wound healing
• Mesh-related complications, including mesh erosion, exposure through tissue or skin, migration, folding, or failure
• Breast or implant complications, including visible deformity, breast asymmetry, implant malposition, bottoming out, or capsular contracture
• Tissue damage, including tissue necrosis, scarring, disfigurement, or loss of breast tissue
• Additional medical treatment, including revision surgery, mesh removal, implant removal, or hospitalization
• Emotional distress, particularly related to chronic pain, deformity, scarring, or repeated procedures

Not every complication means there is a legal claim. However, serious or lasting complications after breast mesh surgery may raise important questions about the product used, the warnings provided, the consent process, and whether the patient was fully informed.

Patients Who May Have a Breast Mesh Claim

You may want to contact CohenMalad, LLP if you had breast surgery involving mesh and later experienced serious complications.

• Mesh was used in a breast procedure, including breast augmentation, breast lift, reconstruction, revision surgery, implant exchange, or a procedure described as an “internal bra.”
• The patient was not fully informed, including cases where they were not told mesh would be used or were not told the mesh was not FDA-approved or FDA-cleared for breast surgery.
• Serious complications developed, including infection, chronic pain, tissue damage, deformity, scarring, disfigurement, or loss of function.
• The mesh failed or caused injury, including erosion, migration, folding, exposure, or other mesh-related complications.
• Additional surgery or treatment was required, including revision surgery, mesh removal, implant removal, or other corrective procedures.

Our team is focused on cases involving serious harm, including revision surgery, mesh removal, implant removal, infection, disfigurement, chronic pain, tissue damage, or other significant injuries.

What If I Don't Know Whether Mesh Was Used?

It is common for patients to not know exactly what was implanted during surgery. Some may only remember hearing terms like “internal bra,” “scaffold,” “support,” “reinforcement,” “mesh,” “matrix,” or “ADM.”

You do not need to know the exact product name before contacting us. Our breast mesh injury legal team can help determine what product may have been used by reviewing your operative report, implant records, medical chart, consent forms, product stickers, hospital records, or surgeon records.

CohenMalad, LLP Is Accepting New Breast Mesh Cases

Our experienced medical device injury attorneys are actively investigating breast mesh lawsuits and accepting new cases for patients injured after mesh was used in breast procedures.

We represent individuals harmed by medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs, helping injured patients understand their rights, review medical records, investigate what went wrong, and determine whether they may have a claim.

If you suffered serious complications after breast surgery involving mesh, call us today at 317.636.6481 or request a free, confidential case review online here.