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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