TABLE 1.

Commercial kits available for midurethral sling placement

NA: not applicable, TVT-O: transobturator vaginal tape, IVS: intravaginal slingplasty, All these kits use a polypropylene mesh sling. ^a: Gynecare® Inc., Menlo Park, CA. ^b: American Medical Systems Research Corp., Minnetonka, MN. ^c: US Surgical, Norwalk, CT. ^d: Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ. ^e: Mentor Corp., Santa Barbara CA. ^f: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN. ^g: Le Plessis, Robinson, France. ^h: Coloplast A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁱ: Dow Medics, Korea