Biocompatibility of nitinol and stainless steel in the bladder: An experimental study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Balakrishnan, Nikhil ^a,b   Uvelius, Bengt ^d   Zaszczurynski, Paul ^b   Lin, Dan Li ^b,c   Damaser, Margot S ^a,b,c,e  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Nitinol; Prostheses and implants; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

NITINOL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLADDER IRRITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; IMPLANT; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FIXATION; URINE CULTURE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 12544254586     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000143197.93944.14     Document Type: Article

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