The ParaGard® IUD can break during removal
Since 2010, the FDA has received over 6,000 reports of Paragard problems including:
- Broken or fractured pieces when ParaGard was removed, or it unexpectedly broke inside the uterus
- The broken pieces get embedded within the uterine tissues causing perforation of the uterus.
- Surgery required to remove the broken pieces
More than 1,800 Lawsuits have been filed for Paragard injuries in the Multidistrict Litigation centralized in the Northen District of Georgia.
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Broken ParaGard Removal Requires the Following Procedures:
The attorneys at Law Office of Aaronson and Rash, PLLC are currently accepting new clients who were implanted with a ParaGard device that broke, and required one of the following procedures:
- Laparoscopic surgery –
This involves the insertion of a small endoscopic device with a camera through the cervix and into the uterine cavity in the hopes of removing the broken pieces of the Paragard. This type of removal will usually not be possible if the fragmented pieces have become embedded in the uterine wall already.
- Laparotomy surgery –
This is an open incision of the uterus that is similar to a c-section
- Hysterectomy –
In a worst-case scenario, the doctor may need to completely remove the uterus to spare the woman from severe side effects that would otherwise last a lifetime, a hysterectomy will leave the woman permanently infertile.
What is ParaGard's Design Defect
ParaGard is a T-shaped intrauterine device (IUD) that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy for up to 12 years. The ParaGard is a 100% hormone-free contraceptive that is designed to be placed and removed without surgery.
The Paragard is supposed to remain intact during usage and removal. However, it has recently been discovered that the Paragard IUD has a design defect that causes the device to fracture inside the woman’s body during removal.
The Paragard IUD device has a special removal thread that hangs down from the base of the device into the woman’s vagina. When it is time to remove the Paragard, the doctor is supposed to locate this thread and simply pull the device out. The base of the Paragard device has two T-shaped arms which hold the device in place. These arms are made of flexible plastic that is supposed to bend upwards to enable the device to be pulled out through the cervix.
In many cases, however, the flexible plastic in the arms at the base of the Paragard appears to get brittle and hard after years inside the body. As a result, the arms do not flex upward like they are supposed to when doctors attempt to remove the IUD. When this happens, one, or both, of the plastic arms of the Paragard IUD often fracture and break into fragments inside the woman’s body.
Since 2010, the FDA has received over 2,800 reports of the Paragard device unexpectedly failing. In many of these cases, women were severely injured or required surgery as a result.
Despite its defects, and the dangers it presents to women, the FDA has not recalled ParaGard.
Many women have reported that the device can break during the removal procedure and that the broken pieces must be painfully removed one by one with a complicated surgery to avoid organ damage.
In some instances, the fragments can become embedded so deeply inside the woman’s tissues that a full hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) is required, with devastating psychological and physical consequences.
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