Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion
Dr. Cl?ona Murphy:
We cannot give those numbers. In fact, it has been difficult in many jurisdictions to give those numbers. The reason is that the coding for stress incontinence procedures, for example, would not have specifically said mesh and the same for a prolapse operation, as it would be described; it would not necessarily include mesh. Added to that is the fact that for many years we have paper-based services here. This is not necessarily unique to Ireland and we heard earlier-----
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