About 53 women are currently on an outpatient waiting list, while 47 are waiting for surgery.
Ms Vickery, who is from Eglinton in County Londonderry, likened her pain to “shards of glass rubbing against her organs” which was “excruciating” especially when passing urine, or even when walking.
She spent more than £20,000 to have the mesh removed which included the private surgery and travel costs to St Louis, Missouri, in the US.
Ms Vickery had vaginal mesh implants at Altnagelvin Hospital in 2014 to treat urinary stress incontinence.
In March 2023, she began to feel a burning sensation in her lower stomach and felt extreme pain, especially when passing urine.
She recalled one episode when she spent 45 minutes in her bathroom.
“There was just so much blood in the toilet bowl and I noticed I had passed a piece of the mesh which felt like it was cutting through me.
“The pain was excruciating, I felt I was going to pass out,” Ms Vickery said.
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