Bleed of and Biologic Response to Triglyceride Filler Used in Radiolucent Breast Implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1179-1193

  Young, V Leroy ^a,b   Lund, Herluf ^a   Ueda, Keiko ^a   Pidgeon, Lisa ^a   Schorr, Maria Watson ^a   Kreeger, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Barnes Jewish West County Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; IMPLANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BIOLOGY; BREAST IMPLANTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; OMENTUM; PLANT OILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBITS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030002999     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199605000-00012     Document Type: Article

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