Developing Repair Materials for Stress Urinary Incontinence to Withstand Dynamic Distension.

Polypropylene mesh used as a mid-urethral sling is associated with severe clinical complications in a significant minority of patients. Current in vitro mechanical testing shows that polypropylene responds inadequately to mechanical distension and is also poor at supporting cell proliferation.Our ob...

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Main Authors: Christopher J Hillary, Sabiniano Roman, Anthony J Bullock, Nicola H Green, Christopher R Chapple, Sheila MacNeil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4794140?pdf=render