[Coating with plasma-deposited functionalized diamond-like carbon to decrease encrustations on urological implants]. / Plasmadeponierte funktionalisierte Kohlenstoffschichten zur Minderung von Inkrustationen auf urologischen Implantaten.
Urologe A
; 46(9): 1249-51, 2007 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17634911
ABSTRACT
The double-J stents used today for palliative artificial urinary diversion very often show extreme formation of encrustations, even a short time after implantation. Despite increased scientific material development, the complication rate has not really been strongly influenced. Grant-aided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, we chose a new interdisciplinary and translational approach by coating standard stent materials with plasma-deposited amorphous diamond-like carbon. These stents show clearly reduced rates of encrustation in vitro. Ongoing clinical trials demonstrate a further enhancement of this effect in vivo. The underlying mechanisms are being investigated by extending the established in vitro model, thereby pushing research in this field to a new level.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Plasma
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Poliuretanos
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Prótesis e Implantes
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Derivación Urinaria
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Ensayo de Materiales
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Carbono
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Stents
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Biopelículas
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Materiales Biocompatibles Revestidos
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
De
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article