... and cross-section of the stent, six types of stents immersed in 48 different preparations of artificial urine for 1 month to observe surface changes with a scanning electron microscope. As a result, there was less encrustation on the silicone material compared with other material types, probably due...

...Kenan Karademir; Temucin Senkul; Suat Demir; Dogan Erden; Cuneyd Iseri; Kadir Baykal Introduction: Silicone has been the standard prosthesis material for the last three decades but new materials are being searched because of the known disadvantages of silicone such as migration and high cost. We...