Polyacrylamide Hydrogel

Preferred Label : Polyacrylamide Hydrogel;

NCIt definition : A transparent, biocompatible, non-resorbable, homogenous hydrogel containing 97.5% apyrogenic water and 2.5% of the cross-linked, synthetic polyacrylamide. Upon injection into the urethral submucosal tissue, the polyacrylamide hydrogel serves as a bulk forming agent and may possibly increase the strength of the urethral sphincter and thereby prevent or decrease stress-induced urinary incontinence.;

Drug name : Bulkamid;

Details

Origin ID

C95765;

UMLS CUI

C0137704;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- polyacrylamide gels [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- polyacrylamide hydrogels [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical or Dental Material [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- polyacrylamide hydrogels [MeSH concept]
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- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]

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