Biomaterial Database

Introduction to "Utilizing a Spectrum of Cohesive Implants in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery". 2019

Allen Gabriel, and G Patrick Maxwell, and Joseph Disa

From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center; and Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008408	Mastectomy	Surgical procedure to remove one or both breasts.	Mammectomy,Mammectomies,Mastectomies
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011474	Prosthesis Design	The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis.	Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D001943	Breast Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.	Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D004548	Elasticity	Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.
D004954	Esthetics	The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc.	Aesthetics
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018427	Breast Implants	Implants used to reconstruct and/or cosmetically enhance the female breast. They have an outer shell or envelope of silicone elastomer and are filled with either saline or silicone gel. The outer shell may be either smooth or textured.	Breast Prosthesis, Internal,Implants, Breast,Breast Implant,Breast Prostheses, Internal,Implant, Breast,Internal Breast Prostheses,Internal Breast Prosthesis,Prostheses, Internal Breast,Prosthesis, Internal Breast
D019928	Breast Implantation	Surgical insertion of an inert sac filled with silicone or other material to augment the female form cosmetically.	Breast Prosthesis Implantation,Breast Implantations,Breast Prosthesis Implantations,Implantation, Breast,Implantation, Breast Prosthesis,Implantations, Breast,Implantations, Breast Prosthesis,Prosthesis Implantation, Breast,Prosthesis Implantations, Breast