Clinical Experience With a Fourth-Generation Textured Silicone Gel Breast Implant: A Review of 1012 Mentor MemoryGel Breast Implants
Author(s) -
W STEVENS,
Salvatore J. Pacella,
A R L Gear,
Melanie Freeman,
C MCWHORTER,
Marissa M. Tenenbaum,
David MurrayStoker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1016/j.asj.2008.09.008
Subject(s) - medicine , silicone , breast implant , breast augmentation , implant , dentistry , surgery , composite material , materials science
Since the introduction of fourth- and fifth-generation silicone gel implants, manufacturers have conducted several prospective, multicenter trials to examine their safety and efficacy. However, these studies were not standardized with regard to surgeon skill, pocket placement, operative technique, adjunct therapies, or postoperative management.
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