Preliminary (3 Years) experience with smooth wall silicone gel implants for primary breast augmentation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Seify, Hisham ^a,b   Sullivan, Kelly ^a   Hester, T Roderick ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Paces Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast augmentation; Capsular contracture; Silicone gel implants

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASTOPEXY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; SMOOTH WALL SILICONE GEL IMPLANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 14044262299     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000153149.13912.e2     Document Type: Article

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