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

• Main Authors: Ng, Anthony H. C., Ng, Nelson S. P., Zhu, G. H., Lim, Lynne H. Y., Venkatraman, Subbu S.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105510; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17149
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report on the testing of materials for a fully degradable tracheal stent. Such a stent has several advantages over currently used permanent stents made of metal or silicone polymers. However, the mode of degradation in the trachea is expected to be different from a fully submerged device, because...