Table 2.

Graft and suture materials for subjects with and without mesh erosion

		Mesh Erosion N=20	No Erosion N=302	% with Erosion	P-value
Graft	Braided polyester *	10	124	7.5%	0.49
	Polypropylene†	8	148	5.1%	0.49
	Porcine dermis ‡	2	20	9.1%	0.64
	ePTFE#	0	5	0%	1.0
	ePTFE+ synthetic graft	4	12	25.0%	0.012
	Any ePTFE	4	17	19.0%	0.033
Vaginal suture	polypropylene††	2	24	7.7%	0.69
	Braided polyester**	1	37	2.6%	0.49
	ePTFE##	15	157	8.7%	0.063
Suture to sacrum	polypropylene††	0	9	0%	1.0
	Braided polyester**	7	149	4.5%	0.25
	ePTFE##	13	139	8.6%	0.11

^*Mersilene ™ Ethicon Inc, Sommerville NJ

^†Prolene ™ Ethicon Inc, Sommerville NJ) or Gynemesh ™ (soft weave polypropylene) Ethicon Women's Health & Urology, Cincinnati

^‡Pelvicol ™ (hexamethylene diisocyanate cross-linked porcine dermis) CR BARD, Murray Hill, NJ

^#Gore-Tex®, GORE™ Medical, Newark DE

^††Prolene™, Ethicon Inc, Sommerville NJ

^**Ethibond™, ™ Ethicon Inc, Sommerville NJ

^##Gore-Tex®, GORE™ Medical, Newark DE