Ultimate Strength Properties of Control and Explanted Silastic O and Silastic I Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implant Shells |
Harold J. Brandon, Kenneth L. Jerina, Clarence J. Wolf, V.Leroy Young Aesthetic Surgery Journal September 1999 (Vol. 19, Issue 5, Pages 381-387) Background The effect of in vivo implantation on breast implants is important to both physicians and patients, but little information about the in vivo aging process of silicone gel-filled breast implants has appeared in the literature. The effects of the in vivo aging process could affect the durability of breast implants. |