Textured and smooth breast implants: Is there a difference in the chemical structure of silicone? An analysis with fourier transformation infrared and attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a   Tenna, Stefania ^a,d   Delfino, Sergio ^a   Abbruzzese, Franca ^b   Trombetta, Marcella ^b   Scuderi, Nicolò ^c  

^a Plastic Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Chemistry and Biomaterials   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast implants; FTIR ATR spectroscopy; Silicone; Smooth implants; Textured implants

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMPLANT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SMOOTH BREAST IMPLANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEXTURED BREAST IMPLANT;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROBABILITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SILICONE GELS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349911851     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181953791     Document Type: Article

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