Vaginal surgery with mesh may leads to higher mesh exposure compared with without mesh (low certainty).
Transvaginal permanent mesh probably leads to higher mesh exposure compared with native tissue repair (moderate certainty).
It is very uncertain whether vaginal hysterectomy changes mesh exposure compared with sacral hysteropexy/cervicopexy (uterine prolapse) (very low certainty).
Anterior prolapse repair: native tissue probably leads to lower repeat surgery for prolapse, SUI or mesh exposure (1‐3 years) compared with polypropylene mesh (moderate certainty).
Absorbable showed no clear difference in suture/mesh exposure compared with non absorbable sutures (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether vaginal hysteropexy changes mesh exposure (1‐4 years) compared with sacral hysteropexy (uterine prolapse) (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics (single or combined drugs) changes number of mesh exposures within six weeks after the operation compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
Single‐incision slings showed no clear difference in number of women with mesh exposure, extrusion or erosion in any area compared with retropubic minimally‐invasive slings (low certainty).
Single‐incision slings leads to lower number of women with mesh exposure, extrusion or erosion in any area compared with transobturator minimally‐invasive slings (high certainty).
Single‐incision slings showed no clear difference in number of women with mesh exposure, extrusion or erosion in any area compared with autologous fascial slings (low certainty).