Capsular calcification associated with silicone breast implants: Incidence, determinants, and characterization

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 348-360

  Peters, Walter ^a   Pritzker, Kenneth ^a   Smith, Dennis ^a   Fornasier, Victor ^a   Holmyard, Douglas ^a   Lugowski, Stanley ^a   Kamel, Mona ^a   Visram, Farid ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACRON; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; DACRON IMPLANT; FEMALE; GEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; CALCINOSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SILICONE GELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031711934     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199810000-00002     Document Type: Article

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