Silicone-covered metal stents: An in vitro evaluation for biofilm formation and patency

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1780-1785

  Tsang, Tat Kin ^a,b   Pollack, Joann ^a,b   Chodash, Howard B ^a,b  

^a EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder emptying; Sphincter of Oddi; Stent occlusion

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE FLOW; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GRAFT PATENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ODDI SPHINCTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STENT; SWINE; THICKNESS;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PENICILLINS; POLYETHYLENES; SILICONES; STENTS; SULBACTAM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032857043     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018826202753     Document Type: Article

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