Suffer from urinary leaksmany women have seen themselves done surgery to remedy this. One operation involves placing strips of polypropylene, a plastic material, under the bladder, which houses the uterus, intestines and the muscular network of the perineum.
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A practice that hundreds of thousands of French women have been using since the 1990s. In 2021 alone, 17,000 women had these strips implanted. But this practice turns out to be dangerous and the side effects are colossal: many women have become seriously disabled and no longer have a job or an intimate life. Despite this, the operations continue, as reported in an investigation published on Mediapart Monday 8 January.
Strips causing disability and serious side effects
“ I woke up immediately disabled. I could no longer sit or walk, take care of my children, work, have intimacy with my partner. My life stopped, completely “, he entrusts Floriane36 years old, at the investigative newspaper.
In this investigation, several women who testified also said they were not told about these side effects. Like Géraldine, 44 years old, who underwent this operation due to “small urinary leaks” that bothered her when she sneezed or at the end of the day.
The urologist” he talked about a minor operation. The only risk was that of anesthesia. At worst, it didn’t work. (…) She promised me that I could go jogging and trampolining again. But after the operation she ended up telling me that trampolining and jogging were not suitable for women in general… “, he testifies.
In France the operations still take place with total impunity
Others say that urologists did not inform them of the existence of other solutions, such as wearing a pessary, a device inserted into the vagina to support the organs, which allows many women to practice their sport without worries.
All over the world, several legal actions were carried out. In the United States this was demonstrated by the mobilization against the producers of these strips these implants have never been tested on a large scale on humans before being placed on the market. In many other countries these interventions have been suspended, but not in France, where they are still widely practiced.
Furthermore, 78 French women have already filed a complaint against X “intentional violence” and “deception”.
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