3—Times the Kugel mesh hernia patch has been recalled: December 2005, March 2006 and January 2007.

6—Different sizes of the Kugel mesh hernia patch have been recalled: extra-large oval (7.7" × 9.7"), extra-large oval (8.7" × 10.7"), extra-large oval (10.8" × 13.7"), large oval (5.4" × 7"), oval (6.3" × 12.3") and large circle (4.5").

10—People who issued formal complaints about the Kugel mesh hernia patch over a three-month span in the Summer of 2005.

80—Injuries (not to mention several deaths) as a result of the Kugel mesh hernia patch, which spurred the Food and Drug Administration and Davol Inc. in January 2007 to issue an updated product recall for the Kugel mesh hernia patch.

32,000—Kugel mesh hernia patches had been sold and put to use by the time of Davol’s first recall.

750,000—Hernia surgeries are performed each year in the United States.

$11 million—Revenue generated by the Kugel mesh hernia patch since 2005.

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