Simaplast inflatable breast implants: Evaluation after 23 years in situ

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1539-1544

  Peters, Walter ^a   Smith, Dennis ^a   Lugowski, Stanley ^a   Pritzker, Kenneth ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032832861     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199910000-00049     Document Type: Article

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