Clinical use of a voice prosthesis with a flap valve containing silver oxide (Blom-Singer® Advantage), biofilm formation, in-situ lifetime and indication;Klinische anwendung einer stimmprothese mit silberoxidhaltigem ventil (Blom-Singer® Advantage) - Biofilmresistenz, prothesenverweildauer und indikation

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 893-896

  Kress, Peter ^a   Schafer P ^a   Schwerdtfeger, F P ^a  

^a HNO Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Blom Singer Advantage; Candida; In situ lifetime; Leakage; Voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; VOICE;

AGED; BIOFILMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845960966     PISSN: 09358943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925292     Document Type: Article

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