Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and is a
leading cause of cancer death among women. Prophylactic or curative mastectomy is often …

Background Silicone lymphadenopathy after implantation of silicone breast implants is a
foreign body reaction due to the release or migration of silicone into the tissues surrounding …

Background: Silicone leakage from breast implants is a concern with potential implications
for patient health. This study aimed to quantify and model silicone leakage from implants to …

Background: Capsular contracture has multiple causes, all of which lead to increased
inflammation and scarring. There have been five generations of silicone breast implants; the …

Foreign body giant cell (FBGC) reaction to silicone material in the lymph nodes of patients
with silicone breast implants has been documented in the literature, with a number of case …

Biomaterial is defined as a substance other than a drug, which is developed as a whole or
part of a complex system, that interacts with the living organisms, and functions for …

Improving Outcomes In Breast Reconstruction: From Implant-Based Techniques Towards
Tissue Regeneration Page 1 Procedia CIRP 49 ( 2016 ) 183 – 187 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com …

We would like to congratulate Dr. Brauman for his excellent study published recently entitled
“Diastasis Recti: Clinical Anatomy”(Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008; 122: 1564–1569). The …

Modern breast surgery was first introduced in the United States in 1962 with the use of
silicone gel-filled breast implants. Over the past 6 decades, development of breast implants …

material recently published in the Journal, are welcome. They will have the best chance of
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