Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration of indwelling, silicone rubber voice prostheses. In this paper, silicone rubber, so-called "Groningen button," voice prostheses were treated with a colloidal palladium/tin solution to form a thin metal coat intended to discourage biofilm formation. First it was demonstrated that this treatment did not negatively affect the airflow resistance of the prostheses or induce any cytotoxicity. Subsequently, palladium/tin-treated voice prostheses were placed in a modified Robbins device together with untreated control prostheses to evaluate biofilm formation. Biofilms were formed by inoculating the device for 3 days with the total cultivable microfl...
Laryngectomized patients use silicone rubber voice prostheses to rehabilitate their voice. However, ...
Silicone rubber voice prostheses in patients after total laryngectomy become rapidly colonized by a ...
Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration...
Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration...
Patients who undergo a total laryngectomy usually receive a silicone rubber voice prosthesis for voi...
A new method is presented that permits a rapid and accurate in vivo evaluation of biofilm formation ...
Laryngectomized patients use silicone rubber voice prostheses to rehabilitate their voice. However, ...
The proliferation of yeasts in the mixed bacterial and fungal biofilms colonising silicone rubber vo...
Objective: To study the influence of perfluoroalkylsiloxane (PA) surface modification of silicone ru...
After total laryngectomy, voice can be restored with a silicone rubber tracheoesophageal voice prost...
Objectives: Evaluation of the influence of a smooth surface moulding technique of silicone rubber in...
Laryngopharyngeal malignancy is treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery. When total laryngectomy is...
In the upper aerodigestive tract, biofilm deposits by oropharyngeal microbes can cause failure of me...
Biofilm formation on indwelling silicone rubber voice prostheses in laryngectomized patients is stil...
Laryngectomized patients use silicone rubber voice prostheses to rehabilitate their voice. However, ...
Silicone rubber voice prostheses in patients after total laryngectomy become rapidly colonized by a ...
Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration...
Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration...
Patients who undergo a total laryngectomy usually receive a silicone rubber voice prosthesis for voi...
A new method is presented that permits a rapid and accurate in vivo evaluation of biofilm formation ...
Laryngectomized patients use silicone rubber voice prostheses to rehabilitate their voice. However, ...
The proliferation of yeasts in the mixed bacterial and fungal biofilms colonising silicone rubber vo...
Objective: To study the influence of perfluoroalkylsiloxane (PA) surface modification of silicone ru...
After total laryngectomy, voice can be restored with a silicone rubber tracheoesophageal voice prost...
Objectives: Evaluation of the influence of a smooth surface moulding technique of silicone rubber in...
Laryngopharyngeal malignancy is treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery. When total laryngectomy is...
In the upper aerodigestive tract, biofilm deposits by oropharyngeal microbes can cause failure of me...
Biofilm formation on indwelling silicone rubber voice prostheses in laryngectomized patients is stil...
Laryngectomized patients use silicone rubber voice prostheses to rehabilitate their voice. However, ...
Silicone rubber voice prostheses in patients after total laryngectomy become rapidly colonized by a ...
Adhesion of yeasts and bacteria to silicone rubber is one of the first steps in the biodeterioration...