Silicon tissue assay: A measurement of capsular levels from chemotherapeutic port-a-catheter devices

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1354-1361

  Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Baldwin, Bonnie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLOYS; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; CADAVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SAMPLE SIZE; SILICON; SILICONES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030892258     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199704001-00023     Document Type: Article

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