We need to ensure women have access to safe, effective procedures to treat incontinence and prolapse – including those using mesh.
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Mesh surgery for urinary incontinence is effective and extensively studied, while the mesh used in pelvic prolapse is problematic. But the Senate has conflated the two, which will confuse women.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration must learn to deal with software rather than simply bits of metal and plastic.
Regulatory bodies approved some medical devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence before having data to prove their safety and efficacy.
