Failure of silicone gel breast implants: Is the mechanical weakening due to shell swelling a significant cause of prostheses rupture?

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2002-2008

  Necchi, S ^a   Molina, D ^a   Turri, S ^a   Rossetto, F ^b   Rietjens, M ^b   Pennati, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast implant; In vivo failure; Mechanical properties; Silicone breast prostheses

Indexed keywords

BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST SURGERY; DEGREE OF SWELLING; DEVICE DESIGN; IN-VIVO; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; RANDOM FACTORS; SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM; SILICON GEL; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

GELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICONES; STIFFNESS;

PROSTHETICS;

ELASTOMER; SILICONE GEL;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SWELLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

BREAST IMPLANTS; ELASTOMERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SILICONE GELS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 81255136151     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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