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Silicone breast implant materials
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012 This opinion article has been written on request because of the recent public controversy over silicone breast implants produced by a now-defunct company, Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) in France.
A. U. Daniels
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Silicone implants are frequently used for breast augmentation and reconstruction. However, late complication, such as capsular contracture, remain the most important side effect.
Nadia Aladari +10 more
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Side effects in breast implants related to radiotherapy in breast cancer reconstructive surgery
Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 2021 Breast reconstructive surgery with silicone implants is routinely one of the techniques performed immediately after a mastectomy and before adjuvant radiotherapy. Implant shell degradation may result in gel bleeding that can trigger capsular disease. The
Eduardo de Faria Castro Fleury +5 more
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Higher Prevalence of Capsular Contracture with Second-side Use of Breast Implant Insertion Funnels
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Background:. Breast implant insertion funnels have become popular adjuncts to breast implant surgery to reduce access incision length and contact of the implant with the skin of the breast.
Stephen D. Bresnick, MD
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Radiology Case Reports, 2020 We recently described silicone induced granuloma of breast implant capsule (SIGBIC) as an implant capsule illness related to intact silicone breast implants.
Eduardo de Faria Castro Fleury, MD, PhD, and Post-Doctorate
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Case Report: Evidence of Migratory Silicone Particles Arising From Cohesive Silicone Breast Implants
Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022 BackgroundSilicone implants have been used since the 1960s for aesthetic purposes and breast reconstructions. During this period, many women have reported up to 40 similar symptoms, including fatigue, the emergence of autoimmune diseases, Raynaud ...
Jessica C. R. Mustafá +2 more
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Breast silicone explant: a multicenter longitudinal study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2022 Introduction: Following silicone breast implant placement, some patients present symptoms described as breast implant illness and seek explant surgery.
Denis Souto Valente +4 more
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Breast Implants: Saline or Silicone? [PDF]
Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2010 The United States has seen significant shifts in the breast implant market over the past five decades. From the moratorium on silicone gel breast implants in 1992 to their approval in 2006, there have been many developments in their manufacturing and usage.
Scott L, Spear, M Renee, Jespersen
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Medical Journal of Australia, 1992 To the Editor. —I was disappointed by Marsha F. Goldsmith's article 1 concerning the silicone gel implant controversy. Although her article included information on "both sides" of the issue, it had several disturbing elements. Goldsmith found a plastic surgeon who "won't do an implant unless 'they beg me,'" and documented his personal bias against the
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Strength of Silicone Breast Implants [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1996 Rupture and leakage are recognized problems associated with silicone breast implants. Data are scarce about the durability of the silicone shell, and the life span of this device is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strength of silicone breast implants. Thirty implant shells were subjected to mechanical testing.
J W, Phillips +3 more
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