| TERMS USED | DEFINITION |
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| PROSTHESIS | A fabricated substitute to assist a damaged body part or to augment or stabilize a hypoplastic structure |
| A: Mesh | A (prosthetic) network fabric or structure |
| B: Implant | A surgically inserted or embedded (prosthetic) device |
| C: Tape (Sling) | A flat strip of synthetic material |
| GRAFT | Any tissue or organ for transplantation. This term will refer to biological materials inserted |
| A: Autologous Grafts | From the woman’s own tissues e.g. dura mater, rectus sheath or fascia lata |
| B: Allografts | From post-mortem tissue banks |
| C: Xenografts | From other species e.g. modified porcine dermis, porcine small intestine, bovine pericardium |
| TROCAR | Narrow prosthetic / graft insertion needle / device |
| COMPLICATION | A morbid process or event that occurs during the course of a surgery that is not an essential part of that surgery |
| CONTRACTION | Shrinkage or reduction in size |
| PROMINENCE | Parts that protrude beyond the surface (e.g. due to wrinkling or folding with no epithelial separation) |
| SEPARATION | Physically disconnected (e.g. vaginal epithelium) |
| EXPOSURE | A condition of displaying, revealing, exhibiting or making accessible e.g. vaginal mesh exposure. |
| EXTRUSION | Passage gradually out of a body structure or tissue |
| COMPROMISE | Bring into danger |
| PERFORATION | Abnormal opening into a hollow organ or viscus |
| DEHISCENCE | A bursting open or gaping along natural or sutured line |