Incidence of silicone breast implant rupture

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 801-806

  Hölmich, Lisbet R ^a,c   Friis, Søren ^a   Fryzek, Jon P ^d,e   Vejborg, Ilse M ^b   Conrad, Carsten ^f   Sletting, Susanne ^c   Kjøller, Kim ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^d,e   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a,e   Holmich, Usbet ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTH DENMARK REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LUMEN IMPLANT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS RUPTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE;

SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 0042242882     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.7.801     Document Type: Article

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