Coating of Mesh Grafts for Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence Repair with Autologous Plasma: Exploration Stage of a Surgical Innovation

Table 1

Material and biomechanic characteristics of selected meshes [7, 9, 10, 14, 28–31].

Mesh	Material	Biomechanic characteristics	Adhesion score (Melman)	Adhesion score after coating with plasma (Melman)
Seratim PA, Serag Wiessner	Monofilament polypropylene, polyglycol acid, and caprolacton	Partly absorbable (90–120 days); Pore size: 5800 µm (11 mm^2); Weight: 15 g/m^2 (after resorption); Thickness: 0.5 mm; Tear resistance (max): 80 N	2.5	Pending
Vitamesh, ProxyBiomedical	Monofilament polypropylene	Nonabsorbable; Weight: 35 g/m^2; Pore size: 2410 µm; Thickness: 0.25 mm; Tear resistance (max): 33.7 N	1.6	1.9
UltraPro, Ethicon	Monofilament polypropylene reinforced with poliglecaprone fibers (Monocryl)	Partly absorbable (90–120 days); Pore size: 3000–4000 µm; Weight: 28 g/m^2 (after resorption); Thickness 0.5 mm; Tear resistance (max): 69 N	1.4	1.6
TVT, Johnson and Johnson	Monofilament polypropylene	Nonabsorbable; Pore size: <1000 µm; Weight: 105–110 g/m^2; Thickness: 0.7 mm; Tear resistance (max): about 10N	1	1.6