Animal experiments to evaluate complications of foreign materials on silicone with shunt catheters: Preliminary results

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 106, 2009, Pages 91-93

  Eymann, Regina ^a   Meier, Ullrich ^b   Kiefer, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

biodegradation; complication; Hydrocephalus; immune reaction; shunt catheter; silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIODEGRADATION; CALCIFICATION; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78649368595     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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