ReviewMaterials today. Bio2022
Current material engineering strategies to prevent catheter encrustation in urinary tracts.
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- Nanoparticle-based therapeutic platforms for inflammatory disorders of the urinary system: Engineering local delivery, biointerface regulation, and smart responsive therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Metallothionein-Inspired Dual-Stage Ion-Regulatory Coatings With Infection-Triggered Bactericidal Activity and Long-Term Antifouling Protection.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Fatty Acid-Containing p(HEMA) Hydrogels; A Promising Coating Platform to Reduce Encrustation on Urinary Catheters.Polymers · 2025Article
- Drug delivery system based on an antibacterial layer-by-layer coating on urinary catheters: an experimental and simulation approach.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- An in-vitro model for bacteria-related catheter encrustations.World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Medical Device-Associated Biofilm Infections and Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Advances and optimization strategies in bacteriophage therapy for treating inflammatory bowel disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- New insights into the prevention of ureteral stents encrustation.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Catheters and ureteric stents have played a vital role in relieving urinary obstruction in many urological conditions. With the increasing use of urinary catheters/stents, catheter/stent-related complications such as infection and encrustation are also increasing because of their design defects. Long-term use of antibiotics and frequent replacement of catheters not only increase the economic burden on patients but also bring the pain of catheter replacement. This is unfavorable for patients with long indwelling catheters or stents but inconvenient to replace. In recent years, some promising technologies and mechanisms have been used to prevent infection and encrustation, mainly drug loading coatings, functional coatings, biodegradable polymers and metallic materials for urinary devices. Obvious effects in anti-encrustation and anti-infection experiments of the above strategies in vivo or in vitro have been conducted, which is very helpful for further clinical trials. This review mainly introduces catheter/stent technology and mechanisms in the past ten years to address the potential impact of anti-encrustation coating of catheter/stent materials for the prevention of encrustation and to analyze the progress made in this field.
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