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. 2021 May 5;40(5):1107–1119. doi: 10.1002/nau.24677

Table 1A.

All qualitative and quantitative outcome measures reported in the included studies, categorized in histomorphology, biomechanics, and macroscopic morphology

Histomorphology Biomechanics Macroscopic morphology

Apoptosis

Arginase

Calcification

Cell proliferation

Cellular infiltration

Cellular/collagen ratio

Collagen alignment

Collagen composition

Collagen degradation

Collagen density

Collagen, total

Collagen I

Collagen III

Collagen III/I

Collagen, immature/disorganized

Collagen, mature/organized

Collagenase activity

Collagen organization

Connective tissue

Degeneration

Delineation of layers

Disruption

ECM gene expression, COL1a

ECM gene expression, COL3a

ECM gene expression, ELN

ECM gene expression, FBN5

Elastin

Elastin degradation

Eosinophils

Epithelial thickness

Epithelial trapping

Epithelization

Epitheloid cells

Fibrin

Fibroblastic proliferation

Fibroblasts

Fibrocytes

Foreign body giant cells

Foreign body reaction

GAG

Granulocytes

Hyperplastic tissue

IFN‐y

IL‐1

IL‐4

IL‐6

IL‐10

IL10+IL4/TNF‐α+IL12

IL‐12

IL‐β

Immune response

Inflammation

Integration

Leukocytes

Lymphocytes

Lymphocytes, B

Lymphocytes, T

M1 macrophages

M2 macrophages

M2/M1 ratio

Macrophages

Mast cells

Mesh integration

MMP1

MMP2

MMP8

MMP9

MMP13

Monocytes

Mononuclear cells

Muscle penetration

Myocytes

Myofibroblasts

Neovascularization

Nerve density, adrenergic

Nerve density, cholinergic

Nerve density, peripheral

Nerve growth factor

Neuronal network

Neutrophilic cells

NO synthetase

Plasma cells

Polymorphonuclear cells

Rejection

Smooth muscle

Smooth muscle bundle size

Smooth muscle organization

Smooth muscle thickness

Smoothelin

Sub‐epitelium

Surface between epithelium and implant

T‐cells, CD4

T‐cells, CD8

Th1/Th2 ratio

Th‐1‐cells

Th‐2‐cells

Tissue ingrowth

Tissular colonization

TNF‐α

Tropoelastin

Tropoelastin degradation

Ulceration

Vaginal thickness

Break strength

Comfort zone length

Contractility

Elastic modulus

Electrical field stimulation

Energy absorbed

Final elongation percentage against force

Leak point pressure

Length at break point

Maximum elongation

Nerve mediated contraction

Receptor‐mediated contraction

Stiffness

Tensile strength

Tissue mesh detachment strength

Ultimate load

Strain or load at failure

Voiding interval

Voiding pressure

Voiding volume

Abscess, deep

Abscess, subcutaneous

Adhesions

Angiogenesis

Color

Contraction

Degradation

Dehiscence

Ellipticity

Encapsulation

Erosion

Exposure

Exposure suture

Extrusion

Fibrosis

Fluid collection

Folding

Formation of tissue bands

Hematoma

Incorporation

Induration

Infection, local

Infection, systemic

Palpability of material

POP‐Q assessment

Prominence

Retrieval of implant

Separation

Support

Thickness (mesh‐tissue complex)

Topology