Table 3. Cyclical Loading of Polypropylene Prolapse meshes relative to those of Gynecare PS.

Mesh	Percent elongation after C1 (%)	Percent elongation after C2 (%)	Percent elongation after C3 (%)
Gynecare (n=3)	3.0 ± 1.5	19.6 ± 1.8	20.3 ± 3.0
Popmesh (n=3)	9.2 ± 0.7	31.6 ± 4.3	32.1 ± 4.0
Polyform (n=3)	11.3 ± 2.6	28.7 ± 2.4	29.6 ± 1.7
Pelvitex (n=3)	19.9 ± 1.4	37.5 ± 2.8	39.5 ± 1.2
TiMesh (n=3)	23.6 ± 1.0	Not Done	Not Done
Overall P*	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001
Gynecare vs. Pop mesh†	0.002	0.003	0.002
Gynecare vs. Polyform†	< 0.001	0.013	0.008
Gynecare vs. Pelvitex†	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Gynecare vs. TiMesh†	< 0.001	Not Done

^*Overall P-values from one-way analysis of variance

^†P-values from Dunnett's multiple comparison's procedure comparing Gynecare to the other brands.