The biophysical and histologic properties of capsules formed by smooth and textured silicone implants in the rabbit

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1037-1042

  Bern, Samuel ^a,b,c   Burd, Andrew ^a,b,c   May, James W ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Shriners Burns Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CONTRACTURE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; INFLAMMATION; PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICONES;

EID: 0026772554     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199206000-00005     Document Type: Article

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