A fully degradable tracheal stent: In vitro and in vivo characterization of material degradation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 100 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 693-699

  Ng, Anthony H C ^a   Ng, Nelson S P ^a   Zhu, G H ^b   Lim, Lynne H Y ^c   Venkatraman, Subbu S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

hydrolysis; kinetics; microtomy; stent; tracheal

Indexed keywords

BIOABSORBABLE; BIOABSORBABLE POLYMER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL DEGRADATION; MICROTOMY; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLYMER SURFACES; RABBIT MODELS; SILICONE POLYMERS; STENT; TRACHEAL; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER UPTAKE;

DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PLASTICIZERS; SILICONES; SOLVENTS; STENTS; SURFACES;

POLYMERS;

MACROGOL; PLASTICIZER; POLY(LEVO LACTIDE CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; STENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRACHEA STENT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; RABBITS; STENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84858079729     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32501     Document Type: Article

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