In vitro leakage susceptibility of tracheoesophageal shunt prostheses in the absence and presence of a biofilm

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Oosterhof, Janine J H ^a,b   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^b   Free, Rolien H ^a   Kaper, Hans J ^b   Van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Laryngectomy; Leakage; Silicone rubber; Tracheoesophageal shunt prostheses

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PROSTHETICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BLOM SINGER VOICE PROSTHESIS; GRONINGEN LOW RESISTENCE; LARYNGECTOMY PATIENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL SHUNT PROSTHESIS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

SILASTIC;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNGECTOMY; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANE MODEL; PROSTHESIS; THROAT; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL SHUNT PROSTHESIS; VOICE; VOICE PROSTHESIS; WATER SUPPLY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SILICONES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; WATER;

EID: 16444361815     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30167     Document Type: Article

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