TY - JOUR
T1 - Encrustation of biomaterials in the urinary tract
AU - Sofer, Mario
AU - Denstedt, John D.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The present review focuses on technological advances and relevant research related to encrustation of biomaterials in the urinary tract. The importance of physical and chemical biomaterial type, biocompatibility, material coatings such as hydrogels, and infection related to alloplastic materials used in urological practice are discussed. Recent in-vitro and in-vivo research has focused on materials that will reduce encrustation and bacterial biofilm formation, complications that limit the longterm use of urinary materials. Coordinating scientific resources in a multidisciplinary manner for a better understanding of factors that are involved in encrustation and biofilm formation will offer the potential to modify or resolve the problem of encrustation of foreign materials in the urinary tract. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
AB - The present review focuses on technological advances and relevant research related to encrustation of biomaterials in the urinary tract. The importance of physical and chemical biomaterial type, biocompatibility, material coatings such as hydrogels, and infection related to alloplastic materials used in urological practice are discussed. Recent in-vitro and in-vivo research has focused on materials that will reduce encrustation and bacterial biofilm formation, complications that limit the longterm use of urinary materials. Coordinating scientific resources in a multidisciplinary manner for a better understanding of factors that are involved in encrustation and biofilm formation will offer the potential to modify or resolve the problem of encrustation of foreign materials in the urinary tract. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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U2 - 10.1097/00042307-200011000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00042307-200011000-00005
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C2 - 11148726
AN - SCOPUS:0033724839
SN - 0963-0643
VL - 10
SP - 563
EP - 569
JO - Current Opinion in Urology
JF - Current Opinion in Urology
IS - 6
ER -