Microstructural alterations of silicone catheters in an animal experiment: Histopathology and SEM findings

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 113, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Eymann, Regina ^a   Kim, Yoo Jin ^a   Bohle, Rainer Maria ^a   Antes, Sebastian ^a   Schmitt, Melanie ^a   Menger, Michael Dieter ^a   Kiefer, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheters failure; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Foreign body reaction; Hydrocephalus; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CALCIFICATION; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMATERIAL; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILICONES; SKIN;

EID: 84555178076     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: 00016268     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0923-6_18     Document Type: Article

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