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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar 18;215(3):326.e1–326.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.03.023

FIGURE 2. Transvaginal prolapse mesh.

FIGURE 2

Transvaginal prolapse mesh is tensioned to remove the presence of a vaginal bulge. Tension applied to the upper (Tupper) and lower (Tlower) arms of a transvaginal mesh results in transmission of force throughout the entire device. Along the path of force transmission, the pore structure is loaded in various orientations. Shown here, Restorelle’s square pores are loaded at approximately 0-degree offset in the upper mesh arms; pores at the center of the mesh and in the lower arms are likely tensioned at approximately 45-degrees offset.