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SILICONE INFLATABLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST PROSTHESIS [1 record]

Record 1 2007-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prostheses
CONT

A silicone inflatable saline-filled breast prosthesis has a silicone rubber shell made of polysiloxane(s), such as polydimethylsiloxane and polydiphenylsiloxane, that is inflated to the desired size with sterile isotonic saline before or after implantation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prothèses
CONT

La prothèse de silicone gonflable au sérum physiologique est composée d'une enveloppe d'élastomère de silicone en polysiloxane(s), comme le polydiméthylsiloxane et le polydiphénylsiloxane, que l'on gonfle à la taille désirée avec un sérum physiologique isotonique stérile avant ou après l'implantation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prótesis
CONT

Los implantes mamarios son de silicona [...] totalmente biocompatibles con nuestro organismo. [...] Los implantes se colocan a través de varias vías: 1. Vía transareolar [...] 2. Vía submamaria 3. Vía axilar 4. Vía transumbilical: No se usa porque técnicamente es muy complicada y solo sirve para introducir implantes inflables con suero fisiológico.

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