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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Oct;28(5):413–419. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000313

Table 1.

Characteristics of prolapse meshes with names when applied transabdominally vs. transvaginally

Transabdominal Vaginal Vendor Weight (g/m2) Pore Size (mm) Porosity (%) Stiffness (N/mm)
Gynemesh PS Proliftb Ethicon 42 2.5 62 0.29
Upsylon Uphold lite Boston Sci 25 2.8 72 0.2
Alyte vaginal Avaultab Bard 18 2.8 75 0.16
Ultraproa Prolift plus Mb Ethicon 28 3.8 68 0.01
Restorelle Direct Fix Coloplast 19 1.8 78 0.18
Novasilk Exair Coloplast 19 1.5 67 0.072
IntePro Lite Elevate AMS 26 2.4 68 0.071

Adapted with permission from [21].

a

UltraPro (aka Artisyn), measurements made after absorbable component absorbed; stiffness determined in a uniaxial load to failure test.

b

No longer available on the market.