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1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390-9132, USA.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 31, 2002
Abstract
Learning Objectives:
After studying this article, the participant should: 1. Be familiar with the medical uses of silicone. 2. Have a working knowledge of the most important epidemiologic studies regarding silicone gel-filled breast implants. 3. Be aware of the issues about which patients desiring breast augmentation or reconstruction with implants must be counseled.
