Chitosan glycerophosphate-based semirigid dexamethasone eluting biodegradable stent

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-79

  Bleier, Benjamin S ^a   Paulson, David P ^a   O'Malley Jr , Bert W ^a   Li, Daqing ^a   Palmer, James N ^a   Chiu, Alexander G ^a   Cohen, Noam A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Drug; Eluting; Glycerophosphate; Rabbit; Rabbit model; Sinusitis; Stent; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LONGEVITY; MAXILLARY SINUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PLIABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70149102853     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3268     Document Type: Article

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