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Last updated: 06/01/2009
BOOKS
Ball, Adrian S., and Peter M. Arnstein. Handbook of BreastSurgery. London: Edward Arnold, 1999.
Berger, Karen J., and John Bostwick. A Woman's Decision:Breast Care, Treatment & Reconstruction,...
3rd edition. St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishers, 1998.
Bostwick, John. Plastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. 2nd edition. St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishers, 1999.
Engler, Alan M. BodySculpture: Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women, 2nd edition. London: Hudson Pub., 2000.
PERIODICALS
Colville, R. J., N. R. McLean, C. A. Mallen, and L. McLean. "The Impact of Breast Augmentation on the Breast-screening Programme."British Journal of Plastic Surgery,55, no. 7 (2002): 592–593.
Hudson, D. A. "Submuscle Saline Breast Augmentation: Are We Making Sense in the New Millennium?"Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery 26, no. 4 (2002): 287–290.
Jejurikar, S.S., J. M. Rovak, W. M. Kuzon Jr., K. C. Chung, S. V. Kotsis, and P. S. Cederna. "Evaluation of Plastic Surgery Information on the Internet."Annals of Plastic Surgery 49, no. 5 (2002): 460–465.
Smith, M., and K. Kent. "Breast Concerns and Lifestyles of Women."Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynecology 45, no. 4 (2002): 1129–1139.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Board of Plastic Surgery. Seven Penn Center, Suite 400, 1635 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2204. (215) 587-9322.
American College of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
American College of Surgeons. 633 North Saint Claire Street, Chicago, IL, 60611. (312) 202-5000.
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 11081 Winners Circle, Los Alamitos, CA 90720. (800) 364-2147 or (562) 799-2356.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 444 E. Algonquin Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005. (888) 475-2784.
OTHER
American Society of Cosmetic Breast Surgery. Information about Breast Surgery. 2003 [cited February 24, 2003].
National Library of Medicine. Breast Implants. 2003 [cited February 24, 2003].
Public Broadcasting System. Breast Implants on Trial. 2003 [cited February 24, 2003].
US Food and Drug Administration. Breast Implants. 2003 [cited February 24, 2003].
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A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman's breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to reconstruct the breast (e.g. after a mastectomy; or to correct genetic deformities), or as an aspect of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. Pectoral implants are a related device used in cosmetic and reconstructive procedures of the male chest wall. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States. In 2007, 347,254 breast augmentation procedures were performed in the U.S according to statistics collected by the American Society of Plastic Surgery.
There are two primary types of breast implants: saline-filled and silicone-gel-filled implants. Saline implants have a silicone elastomer shell filled with sterile saline liquid. Silicone gel implants have a silicone shell filled with a viscous silicone gel. There have been several alternative types of breast implants that were developed, such as polypropylene string or soy oil, but these are no longer manufactured.
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