A ten-year experience using polyurethane-covered breast implants

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Vázquez, Guillermo ^a  

^a NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hypomastia; Low capsular contracture; Polyurethane covered implants

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLYURETHANES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344780845     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900267     Document Type: Article

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