Explantation of 41-year-old implants following primary breast augmentation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-94

  Nahabedian, Maurice Y ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast augmentation; Capsular contracture; Ivalon sponge; Late hematoma

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SPONGE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846027106     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000227520.00124.51     Document Type: Article

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