Development of a model for assessment of biomaterial encrustation in the upper urinary tract

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1025-1029

  Tunney, M M ^b   Bonner, M C ^b   Keane, P F ^a   Gorman, S P ^b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artificial urine; Encrustation; Polyurethanes; Ureteral stents

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; POLYURETHANES; UROLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTIFICIAL URINE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; ENCRUSTATION; ENERGY DISPENSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; STRUVITE; URETERAL STENT MATERIALS; URINARY TRACT;

BIOMATERIALS;

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT; URINE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030152655     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)84679-5     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Gorman SP, Bonner MC, Keane PF, Rooney P. The incidence and nature of microbial biofilm formation on indwelling polyurethane ureteral stents in vivo. Pharmacotherapy 1993; 13: 281-282.
2. Gordon NSI. Stalactites and stalagmites: crystal formation on ureteric double-J stents. Br J Urol 1989; 64: 195-197.
3. Cox AJ, Hukins DWL, Sutton TM. Comparison of in vitro encrustation on silicone and hydrogel-coated latex catheters. Br J Urol 1988; 61: 156-161.
4. Cox AJ, Hukins DWL, Sutton TM. Infection of catherised patients: bacterial colonisation of encrusted Foley catheters shown by scanning electron microscopy. Urol Res 1989; 17: 349-352.
5. Cox AJ, Millington RS, Hukins DWL, Sutton TM. Resistance of catheters coated with a modified hydrogel to encrustation during an in vitro test. Urol Res 1989; 17: 353-356.
6. Holmes SA, Cheng C, Whitfield HN. The development of synthetic polymers that resist encrustation on exposure to urine. Br J Urol 1992; 69: 651-655.
7. Keane PF, Bonner MC, Johnston SR, Zafar A, Gorman SP. Characterisation of biofilm and encrustation on stents in vivo. Br J Urol 1994; 73: 687-691.
8. Cox AJ, Hukins DWL, Davies KE, Irlam JC. An automated technique for in vitro assessment of the susceptibility of urinary catheter materials to encrustation. Eng Med 1987; 16: 37-41.
9. Zimskind PD, Fetter TR, Wilkerson JL. Clinical use of long-term indwelling silicone rubber splints inserted cytoscopically. J Urol 1967; 97: 840-844.
10. Bonner MC, Keane PF, Gorman SP. In vivo and in vitro investigations of polyurethane ureteral stent encrustation and fracture. J Pharm Pharmacol 1994; 46: 1081.
11. Miller JM, Opher AW. An enzymatic method to make struvite crystals. Invest Urol 1974; 11: 402-403.
12. Gleeson MJ, Glueck JA, Feldman L, Griffith DP, Noon GP. Comparative in vitro encrustation studies of biomaterials in human urine. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs 1989; XXXV: 495-498.
13. Gorman SP, Woolfson AD, McCafferty DF. Elemental analysis of latex and polymer-coated urinary catheter encrustation by a novel electron probe and digimap technique. Proc 10th Pharm Tech Conf 1991; 2: 649-651.
14. Denyer SP, Davies MC, Evans JA et al. Influence of carbon dioxide on the surface characteristics and adherence potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci. J Clin Microb 1990; 28: 1813-1817.