title: Degradation, infection and heat effects on polypropylene mesh for pelvic implantation: what was known and when it was known.
abstract: Many properties of polypropylene mesh that are causative in producing the complications that our patients are experiencing were published in the literature prior to the marketing of most currently used mesh configurations and mesh kits. These factors were not sufficiently taken into account prior to the sale of these products for use in patients. This report indicates when this information was available to both mesh kit manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 701 E. 28th St, Suite 212, Long Beach, CA 90806, USA. catalinaisland1@cs.com
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ostergard
mesh_terms: D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000266:history; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes