ArticlePolymers2025
Fatty Acid-Containing p(HEMA) Hydrogels; A Promising Coating Platform to Reduce Encrustation on Urinary Catheters.
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- Innovative Applications of Hydrogels in Contemporary Medicine.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Two significant clinical issues associated with the use of urinary catheters are catheter-associated urinary tract infection and encrustation. This study describes the design of novel hydrogels based on fatty acid-containing p(hydroxyethylmethacrylate, HEMA) and their resistance to both microbial adherence and encrustation. Incorporation of fatty acids increased the contact angle (surface hydrophobicity), decreased the ultimate tensile strength only after storage at pH 9 in artificial urine (AU) but not at lower pH values, decreased the Young's modulus and % elongation at break (both stored in deionised water, AU pH 6 and AU pH 9) and decreased equilibrium swelling (only when stored in deionised water or AU pH 6 but not AU pH 9). Moderate reductions in adherence of
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