Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (13GW0108B)
RWTH Aachen
Article History
Received: 29 June 2020
Accepted: 23 September 2020
First Online: 8 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AD as PhD student is an employee of FEG. PA and LD have no conflicts of interest. UK had research projects and consulting fees in collaboration with the mesh manufacturers Ethicon and FEG; expert testimony at lawsuits concerned with pelvic floor meshes; mesh patents with FEG. The financial disclosures listed result from their expertise, and none of them have tried to influence any part of the work for this manuscript.
: All samples used in this study were redundant clinical specimens and their use was approved by the ethics committee at the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen (EK 239/19).
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