Breast capsule persistence after breast implant removal

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1085-1088

  Rockwell, W Bradford ^a   Casey, Holly D ^b   Cheng, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONES;

EID: 0031979255     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00031     Document Type: Article

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