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Equipment and Supplies > Prostheses and Implants > Breast Implants

Preferred term

Breast Implants  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Breast Implant
  • Breast Prostheses, Internal
  • Breast Prosthesis, Internal
  • Implant, Breast
  • Implants, Breast
  • Internal Breast Prostheses
  • Internal Breast Prosthesis
  • Prostheses, Internal Breast
  • Prosthesis, Internal Breast

Note

  • IM; coord with implant material (IM or NIM)

Scope note

  • Implants used to reconstruct and/or cosmetically enhance the female breast. They have an outer shell or envelope of silicone elastomer and are filled with either saline or silicone gel. The outer shell may be either smooth or textured.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • rintaistutteet

    Finnish

  • rintaimplantaatit
  • rintaimplantaatti
  • rintaimplantit
  • rintaimplantti
  • rintaistute
  • rintaproteesi
  • rintaproteesit
  • Bröstimplantat

    Swedish

  • Bröstproteser

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018427

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