Mechanical analysis of explanted saline-filled breast implants exposed to betadine pocket irrigation

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 438-445

  Brandon, Harold J ^a   Young, V Leroy ^a   Jerina, Kenneth L ^b   Wolf, Clarence J ^b   Adams, William P ^c   Watson, Maria E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELASTICITY; EXPLANT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAVAGE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STANDARDIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036760122     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/maj.2002.128626     Document Type: Article

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