Implants in Urogynecology

Table 1

IDEAL stages (Dahm et al., 2014) [11].

Phase	Type of urologist involved	Purpose (study design)
Idea ()	Very few, innovators	Proof of concept (structured case reports)
Development (a)	Few, innovators and early adopters	Procedure development (prospective development studies)
Exploration (b)	Many, early adopters and early majority	Refinement, community learning and consensus, and learning curve evaluation (preliminary collaborative cohort studies building toward randomized trials)
Assessment ()	Many, early majority	Formal comparison of benefits and short-term safety (randomized controlled trials)
Long-term follow-up ()	All eligible	Surveillance, quality assurance, and long-term safety (registry)