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SUMMARY:Improved patient survival and the growing need for better materia
 ls for medical devices.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Professor Han
 s-Ulrich Laasch. Advances in oncological treatment have led to improved 
 survival of cancer patients in most disease groups. While this is welcom
 e news for patients and their families\, it throws up new challenges for
  the biocompatibility and durability of medical implants. This has been 
 most marked in metal stents used to re-establish the patency of the oeso
 phagus and bowel after occlusion by cancer tissue. Increasingly these “e
 ndo-prostheses” are seen to fracture and disintegrate\, resulting in rec
 urrence of obstruction\, necessitating further procedures and putting pa
 tients at unnecessary risk.\nLess dramatic problems are seen with percut
 aneous kidney drainage tubes\, which frequently occlude by cristallisati
 on of urine. While this is a relatively low-key problem\, the patients a
 re at risk of life-threatening infection (sepsis) and the large number o
 f drainage tubes placed and re-placed present a serious workload and eco
 nomic burden to the health system.\nIf these problems could be addressed
  either by new materials or additional factors that improve the long-ter
 m performance of medical devices\, benefits would include reduced risk t
 o the patient\, fewer complications and improved survival and a reductio
 n in costly and potentially dangerous salvage procedures.\nThe presentat
 ion will demonstrate device failures and the consequences for the patien
 t.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:This event will take place online
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