Article History
Received: 21 August 2019
Accepted: 5 September 2019
First Online: 9 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Wael Agur has received: trainer and speaker fees from CR Bard for training surgeons on mesh procedures for incontinence and prolapse, sponsorship from Boston Scientific for training on mesh procedures for prolapse, sponsorship from Neomedic for training on mesh procedures for incontinence, trainer and speaker fees from Contura/SEP Pharma, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, and the London Medical Education Academy, for training surgeons on non-mesh continence procedures; expert fees from NHS Scotland and various law firms in Scotland, England, The Republic of Ireland, USA, and Australia for the provision of medico-legal advice, expert report writing and/or appearance in court, on mesh litigation; and institutional research support as principal investigator for the SIMS Pilot, PROSPECT, VUE, and PURSUIT studies. Wael Agur is also a member of an All Party Parliamentary Group on surgical mesh. None of the other authors has any conflicts of interest.
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