{"id":54442,"date":"2017-12-13T06:17:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54442"},"modified":"2017-12-13T06:17:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T06:17:01","slug":"new-zealand-bans-vaginal-mesh-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/new-zealand-bans-vaginal-mesh-implants.html","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand bans vaginal mesh implants"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Zealand bans vaginal mesh implants<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

New Zealand bans vaginal mesh implants:- New Zealand has become the first major country to effectively ban vaginal mesh implants in response to safety concerns over the surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n

The country\u2019s Ministry of Health announced on Monday that it had written to leading mesh suppliers asking them to stop marketing the products from January \u2013 or prove that their products are safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Health spokesman, Stewart Jessamine, told a New Zealand radio station: \u201cWe\u2019re always cautious about the use of the word \u2018ban\u2019, but effectively the companies are agreeing no longer to sell these products … in New Zealand from the 4th of January.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The move goes considerably further than recent announcements in other countries, such as Australia and the UK, which only restrict the use of pelvic mesh operations for organ prolapse. In New Zealand, the use of mesh implants to treat urinary incontinence, which accounts for the vast majority of mesh operations, will also be effectively banned, according to an announcement posted on the government website.<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision has been applauded by campaigners, many of whom argue that the potential complications of mesh surgery, which include chronic pain and implants cutting through the vagina, are unacceptable. However, doctors expressed concern at the far-reaching nature of the ban.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is now widely accepted that vaginal mesh should not be routinely offered for prolapse, where the pelvic organs bulge into the vagina. But many doctors maintain that mesh surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence can have advantages over traditional surgery and believe that these procedures should continue to be offered.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis makes New Zealand the only country in the world to have banned all of these procedures and will leave women without effective surgical options for these debilitating conditions,\u201d said Giovanni Losco, a urologist in Christchurch and spokesman for the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford, says the medical profession needs to acknowledge that there have been major failings in regulation and act to address the issue. If they don\u2019t then other regulators may also react with outright bans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[New Zealand] is basically saying \u2018we can\u2019t guarantee patient safety\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessamine said that the decision had been taken after reviewing data on mesh safety provided in November by the Australian government, which had been carrying out its own inquiry into the use of pelvic implants. \u201cWe\u2019ve reviewed that data and come to the opinion that the data is sound and we now believe the risks of the use of these products in the pelvis for prolapse and stress incontinence far outweighs the benefits,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got an ability within our legislation to limit the use of those products, to discourage and ultimately remove those products from the market,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen Smith, a shadow cabinet minister, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on surgical mesh implants, described the announcement as \u201chugely significant\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s the first major country to effectively ban mesh for all pelvic operations. It\u2019s precisely what we\u2019ve been calling for in the UK.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2017\/dec\/12\/new-zealand-bans-vaginal-mesh-implants<\/span><\/p>\n

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