Magnetic delivery and ultrasound-responsive release of chelating microcapsules for selective removal of urolithiasis
Byung Kwon Kaang, Sunjae Lee, Junjie Piao, Hyuk Jin Cho, Dong‐Pyo Kim
Abstract
). In the end, more than 50% of the stone, even in surgically tricky regions, was removed by 10 repeated treatments. Therefore, the selective approach of stone-dissolution capsules will help to develop alternative urolithiasis treatments to conventional surgical and systemic dissolution approaches.
Topics & Concepts
ChelationUltrasoundChemistryDelivery systemBiomedical engineeringNanotechnologyMaterials scienceMedicineRadiologyOrganic chemistryKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsUrinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies