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Finite Element Analysis of Breast Implants
The Breast Implant Lifetime Study at Virginia Tech, on which this thesis is based, seeks to develop methods and data for predicting the lifetime of saline-filled implants. This research developed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) models to evaluate the stresses that are present in the silicone breast …
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THE ROLE OF OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS IN CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE AROUND THE BREAST IMPLANTS
… material, both in reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery, which often leads to re-intervention, is capsular contracture. It consists in pathological hardening of the fibrous shell developing around a breast prosthesis.The development of connective tissue around any foreign body is …
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Evaluation of the effect of breast implants on the accuracy of the CT attenuation Correction (CTAC) map for SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: a phantom study
… thoracic structures, such as ribs or breast tissue lead to gamma ray attenuation. Thisattenuation does not occur equally for all body regions. Photons emitted from deeper structureswill undergo more attenuation than superficial structures, causing artefacts within the imagethat can …
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Computational Stress and Deformation Analysis of Mammary Prosthesis
A linear and non-linear material model for the breast implants was developed through axial tension testing, while linear and non-linear breast tissue models were assumed based on smooth muscle. These material models were to develop axisymmetric finite element models to determine the stresses in the …
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Nanotexturing for Biomedical Implants
It is known the foreign body response to implants, such as breast implants, includes a “walling off” of the implant, or a capsule formation. Previously, texturing has been shown to reduce this capsule formation, using methods such as polyurethane coatings [11-15]. A new proposed texturing method is …
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'No-touch' breast-implant insertion device
… (CC) has been identified as the major cause of breast-implant failures and subsequent discomfort, pain and shape deformation following cosmetic breast implantation procedures. It has been documented that CC is primarily due to bacteria which are transmitted in the breast-cavity through …
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Effects of Surface Topography on Bacterial Biofilm Formation
… with implanted medical devices such as breast implants, orthopedic devices, pace markers, and many others. Besides the prevalence, biofilm infections are associated with high mortality, presenting an urgent need for more effective controls. Several strategies such as coating with …
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Communicating controversy in the mass media
… and the third focused on the silicone breast implant controversy<sup>3</sup>.<br/><br/>2. Project Two (discussed in chapters 8-11) consists of programs on nuclear energy,<sup>4</sup> Gulf War Syndrome,<sup>5</sup> and genetically modified foods<sup>6</sup>.<br/><br/>3. Project Three …