Panacryl Sutures Infection Legal News Articles & Interviews

Trenton, NJ In spite of the fact that a woman's infection following a cesarean section was believed to have been caused by Panacryl endosurgical sutures, two courts ruled for summary judgment in favor of defendant Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. (J&J) and Ethicon Inc. because the plaintiff waited too long to launch her legal challenge against the allegedly faulty product.

Acron, OH "I work in the hospital where my mother-in-law had surgery so I know we used Panacryl sutures," says Stephanie Neiferd. "The surgeon couldn't believe how many sutures he pulled out of her—he was furious."

Oceanside, CA After shoulder surgery, Timothy Gamble spent three years in constant pain, from a wound that wouldn't heal. Imagine his surprise when a second surgery revealed that Panacryl sutures--supposedly absorbable--were still in his body, and the cause of a nasty infection.

Hailesboro, NY In 1997 I had a partial vulvectomy at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida," says Linda Girard. "About two weeks after surgery, my Vicryl stitches--from the same makers as Panacryl sutures--were supposed to have been dissolved but instead they have almost made me suicidal--and I haven't had intercourse ever since!"

Johnson City, TN Linda Girard and Michelle Groff live miles apart; they had different doctors and had completely different surgeries, but they had one thing in common: Ethicon's Vicryl sutures, the same makers of Panacryl sutures, were used. And both women suffered excruciating pain from life-threatening infection caused by sutures that did not absorb. There is currently a lawsuit against Panacryl sutures...

New Brunswick, NJ You have to wonder where the priorities are when a medical products company allegedly chooses to ignore the advice of its own million-dollar expert and releases what turns out to be a problematic product. Apparently, such was the case with the Panacryl Absorbable Suture, manufactured by the Johnson&Johnson division of Ethicon.

Somerville, NJ: If you've ever seen the movie 'Alien', you know the horror of witnessing something lurking within, coming up through the skin and emerging like the horrible monster it is.

West Palm Beach, FL What do Panacryl sutures and the Duragesic patch have in common? Simply this: Both Johnson & Johnson products have both proven defective in an alarming number of cases, and both have caused untold misery and death.

West Palm Beach, FL Johnson & Johnson made the news June 20 after a West Palm Beach federal court jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of a young man who died while wearing a Duragesic pain relief patch. The Duragesic patch joins J&J's Panacryl suture as a newsmaker. Both products have hung J&J out to dry in court -- and both have left a trail of victims.

Pittsburgh, PA Ethicon Inc. has much to answer for. It is facing an undisclosed number of lawsuits from patients who have suffered or died because of alleged suture failure, the most recent wave of lawsuits relating to the absorbable Panacryl suture.