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What is new about implants: tissue reactions

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Current knowledge about the tissue reactions to polyethylene, Dacron, polyurethane, Proplast and silicone implants is briefly reviewed.

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  1. Forschungslaboratorium der Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik B, Rämistraße 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Jiri Šmahel

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Šmahel, J. What is new about implants: tissue reactions. Chir Plastica 6, 221–225 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269877

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