Ms Mary McLaughlin:

There is a slight discrepancy in the information. The two surgeons are required in England for mesh removal. The transobturator meshes are implanted through the groin on each side and through the middle. The problem is that the mesh is sitting in the obturator nerves. If you think of someone with a hamstring injury, it is the muscle band and internal thigh nerves going down. You cannot get at those two pieces of tape. If I had a 30 cm tape, I would have 10 cm in my groin on one side, 10 cm through the middle and 10 cm in the groin on the other side. Ms Kelly and I have been abroad and had those tapes removed. It leaves a large surgical scar on each side of the groin and that is why it is very important to go to someone who knows what they are doing, because there are a lot of tendons and muscle there, so if that is got wrong, women can lose the power in their legs. The two surgeons being used in the UK mesh multidisciplinary team, MDTs, are the surgeon from the urogynaecological field and either a plastic surgeon or an orthopaedic surgeon.