The role of polymeric surface smoothness of biliary stents in bacterial adherence, biofilm deposition, and stent occlusion
- 31 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Vol. 39 (3) , 422-425
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5107(93)70120-0
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