Protocol for retrieval and analysis of breast implants

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-61

  Brandon, Harold J ^a   Young, V Leroy ^b   Watson, Marla E ^a   Wolf, Clarence J ^a   Jerina, Kenneth L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bodyaesthetic Plastic Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES;

AUTOPSY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

SILICONE GEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BREAST IMPLANTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SILICONE GELS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0037255033     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v13.i1.60     Document Type: Review

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