Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (13GW0108B)
Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen
Article History
Received: 23 December 2020
Accepted: 10 March 2021
First Online: 31 March 2021
Declarations
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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).
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
: For this retrospective review, formal consent is not required.