Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings on Ureteral Stents-A New Strategy for Decreasing the Formation of Crystalline Bacterial Biofilms?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1923-1927

  Laube, Norbert ^a   Kleinen, Lisa ^a   Bradenahl, Jörg ^a   Meissner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biofilms; carbon; stents; ureter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAMOND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFILMS; CARBON; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STENTS; URETERAL DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34147205364     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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