Factors associated with breast implant rupture: Pilot of a retrospective analysis

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-212

  Embrey, Martha ^b   Adams, Elizabeth E ^b   Cunningham, Bruce ^b   Peters, Walter ^b   Young, V Leroy ^b   Carlo, George L ^a  

^a Breast Implant Public Health Project   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast implants; Prosthesis failure; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST SURGERY; CAPSULOTOMY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032980117     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900269     Document Type: Article

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