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Stresses produced by different textile mesh implants in a tissue equivalent

  • Two single-incision mini-slings used for treating urinary incontinence in women are compared with respect to the stresses they produce in their surrounding tissue. In an earlier paper we experimentally observed that these implants produce considerably different stress distributions in a muscle tissue equivalent. Here we perform 2D finite element analyses to compare the shear stresses and normal stresses in the tissue equivalent for the two meshes and to investigate their failure behavior. The results clearly show that the Gynecare TVT fails for increasing loads in a zipper-like manner because it gradually debonds from the surrounding tissue. Contrary to that, the tissue at the ends of the DynaMesh-SIS direct may rupture but only at higher loads. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental observations thus the computational model helps to interpret the experimental results and provides a tool for qualitative evaluation of mesh implants.

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Author:Ralf FrotscherORCiD, Manfred StaatORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1515/bnm-2014-0003
ISSN:2191-4672 (E-Journal); 2193-066X (E-Journal); 0011-8656 (Print); 1616-0177 (Print); 2193-0651 (Print)
Parent Title (English):BioNanoMaterials
Publisher:De Gruyter
Place of publication:Berlin
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2014
Date of the Publication (Server):2014/09/02
Volume:15
Issue:1-2
First Page:25
Last Page:30
Link:https://doi.org/10.1515/bnm-2014-0003
Zugriffsart:bezahl
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Medizintechnik und Technomathematik
FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering
collections:Verlag / De Gruyter