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Safety of Silicone Breast Implants (1999)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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British Department of Health. Polyurethane-coated breast implants: Potential release of a probable carcinogenic degradation product following breakdown of the polyurethane foam in vivo. Safety Action Bulletin. 1994 Sep, 94, 39. POLYURETHANE/carcinogenicity.

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Broadbent, T. R., and Woolf, R. M. Trends in plastic surgery in the United States. Ann Plast Surg. 1978 May, 1, (3): 249-251. GENERAL.

Brockhurst, R. J., Ward, R. C., Lou, P., Omerod, D., and Albert, D. Dystrophic calcification of silicone scleral buckling implant materials. American Journal of Ophthamology. 1993 Apr, 115, (4): 524-529. CALCIFICATION/local complications.

Brody, G. L., and Frey, C. F. Peritoneal response to silicone fluid. Arch Surg. 1968: 237-241. LOCAL COMPLICATIONS.

Brody, G. S. Fact and fiction about breast implant bleed. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1977 Oct, 60, (4): 615-616. LOCAL COMPLICATIONS/capsule contracture/rupture.

Brody, G. S. Mechanical analysis of explanted silicone breast implants [discussion]. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1996 Aug, 98, (2): 273-275. RUPTURE/local complications.

Brody, G. S. On the safety of breast implants. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1997 Oct, 100, (5): 1314-1321. GENERAL.

Brody, G. S. Risk assessment of carcinogenesis at implantation sites [discussion]. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1980 Oct, 66, (4): 595. CARCINOGENICITY.

Brody, G. S., Conway, D. P., Deapen, D. M., Fisher, J. C., Hochberg, M. C., LeRoy, E. C. Medsger Jr. T. A., Robson, M. C., Shons, A. R., and Weisman, M. H. Consensus statement on the relationship of breast implants to connective-tissue disorders. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 1992 Dec, 90, (6): 1102-1105. CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE.

Brohim, R. M., Foresmann, P. A., Hildebrandt, P. K., and Rodeheaver, G. T. Early tissue reaction to textured breast implant surfaces. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 1992, 28, (4): 354-362. POLYURETHANE/local complications/capsule-contracture.

Brooks, S. M., Baker, D. B., Gann, P. H., Jarabek, A. M., Hertzberg, V., Gallagher, J., Biagini, R. E., and Berstein, I. L. Cold air challenge and platinum skin reactivity in platinum refinery workers: Bronchial reactivity precedes skin prick response. Chest. 1990 Jun, 97, (6): 1401-1407. PLATINUM.

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Brown, J. B., Fryer, M. P., and Ohlwiler, D. A. Study and use of synthetic materials, such as silicones and Teflon, as subcutaneous prostheses. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1960a Sep, 26, (3): 264-279. GENERAL.

Brown, J. B., Fryer, M. P., Ohlwiler, D. A., and Kollias, P. Dimethylsiloxane and halogenated carbons as subcutaneous prostheses. American Surgeon. 1962, 28, 146-148. GENERAL.

Brown, J. B., Fryer, M. P., Randall, P., and Lu, M. Silicones in plastic surgery. Laboratory and clinical investigations, a preliminary report. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1953, 12, 374-376. GENERAL.

Brown, J. B., Ohwiler, D. A., and Fryer, M. P. Investigation of and use of dimethylsiloxanes, halogenated carbons and polyvinyl alcohol as subcutaneous prostheses. Am Surg. 1960b, 152, 534. GENERAL.

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