Textured-Surface Saline-Filled Silicone Breast Implants for Augmentation Mammaplasty
| Autor: | Christopher L. Hess, Scott L. Spear, Mohamed W. Elmaraghy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment technology industry and agriculture Biomaterial Capsular contracture Silicone rubber Silicone Gels complex mixtures Surgery chemistry.chemical_compound Silicone chemistry Mammaplasty medicine Implant Contracture medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 105:1542-1552 |
| ISSN: | 0032-1052 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00006534-200004040-00047 |
| Popis: | The earliest silicone breast implants were smooth-surface, silicone rubber devices filled with either silicone gel or saline. Because of persistent problems with capsular contracture, polyurethane-covered silicone implants were developed as an alternative. Particularly in the short run, these alternatives proved highly successful at reducing the incidence of capsular contracture. By 1990, polyurethane-covered implants were rapidly becoming the preferred implant choice of many plastic surgeons, but for legal, regulatory, financial, and safety reasons they were withdrawn from the market by Bristol-Myers in 1991. Meanwhile, during the late 1980s, surface texturing and improved materials became available on other silicone breast implants and expanders. Most studies suggest that textured-surface silicone gel-filled implants, saline-filled implants, and tissue expanders have less frequent capsular contracture than their smooth-surface counterparts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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