Capsular contractures: A systematic review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1808-1819

  Araco, Antonino ^a   Caruso, Riccardo ^a   Araco, Francesco ^a   Overton, John ^a   Gravante, Gianpiero ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74049107782     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bf7f26     Document Type: Article

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