Silicones

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Anatomy of the superior ophthalmic vein approach for direct endovascular access to vascular lesions of the orbit and cavernous sinus. 
  • Bilateral silicone induced synovitis of the wrist. 
  • Breast reconstruction. 
  • Cardiac imaging impaired by a silicone breast implant. 
  • Cimetidine versus antacids in the prevention of stress erosions in critically ill patients. 
  • Comparison of Laser Doppler and Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Prediction of Flap Survival in a Novel Modification of the McFarlane Flap. 
  • Comparison of the effect of polymethylmethacrylate and silicone intraocular lenses on rabbit corneal endothelium in vitro. 
  • Complex radial folds versus subtle signs of intracapsular rupture of breast implants: MR findings with surgical correlation. 
  • Complications of Small-Carrion penile prosthesis. 
  • Development of foamed emulsion bioreactor for air pollution control. 
  • Effects of storage temperature and time before centrifugation on ionized calcium in blood collected in plain vacutainer tubes and silicone-separator (SST) tubes. 
  • Electrochemiluminescence detection with integrated indium tin oxide electrode on electrophoretic microchip for direct bioanalysis of lincomycin in the urine. 
  • Encapsulation and controlled release of retinol from silicone particles for topical delivery. 
  • Engineering cell shape and function. 
  • Epicardial coronary artery compliance in the dog. 
  • Evaluating the Use of Silicone Wristbands To Measure Personal Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants. 
  • Exchange transfusion utilizing an arteriovenous shunt and the Sarns roller pump. 
  • Extended field-of-view two-dimensional ultrasonography of the breast: improvement in lesion documentation. 
  • Fabrication and evaluation of conductive elastomer electrodes for neural stimulation. 
  • Facial Filler Complications. 
  • Factors contributing to patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction using silicone gel implants. 
  • Fine-needle aspiration cytology of silicone granulomas in the augmented breast. 
  • Incidence of autoimmune disease in patients after breast reconstruction with silicone gel implants versus autogenous tissue: a preliminary report. 
  • Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients. 
  • Intracapsular implant rupture: MR findings of incomplete shell collapse. 
  • Ionic liquid-assisted PDMS microchannel modification for efficiently resolving fluorescent dye and protein adsorption. 
  • Laser-scanning lithography (LSL) for the soft lithographic patterning of cell-adhesive self-assembled monolayers. 
  • Late development of hematoma around a breast implant, necessitating removal. 
  • MR detection of leakage from silicone breast implants: value of a silicone-selective pulse sequence. 
  • MR imaging of silicone gel-filled breast implants in vivo with a method that visualizes silicone selectively. 
  • Measuring Personal Exposure to Organophosphate Flame Retardants Using Silicone Wristbands and Hand Wipes. 
  • Measuring the progression of foreign-body reaction to silicone implants using in vivo MR microscopy. 
  • Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint reconstruction: use of silicone rubber-dacron prostheses for replacement of irreparable joints of the hand. 
  • Metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty with silicone-Dacron prostheses (Niebauer type): six and a half years' experience. 
  • Methods, statistical features, and baseline results of a standardized, multicentered ophthalmologic surgical trial: the Silicone Study. 
  • Niebauer trapeziometacarpal arthroplasty: a long-term follow-up. 
  • Patterning cells in highly deformable microstructures: effect of plastic deformation of substrate on cellular phenotype and gene expression. 
  • Plastinated tissue samples as three-dimensional models for optical instrument characterization. 
  • Platelet adhesion on a bioresorbable poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) copolymer. 
  • Polyimides as biomaterials: preliminary biocompatibility testing. 
  • Postmortem validation of the automated coronary analysis (ACA) software package. 
  • Prosthetic arthroplasty of the hand. 
  • Reconstruction of the female breast following radical mastectomy. 
  • Rigid gas permeable contact lens changes in the aphakic infant. 
  • Silicone controversy: a survey of women with breast cancer and silicone implants. 
  • Silicone gel coating of a sutured flexor digital tendon within a sheath. 
  • Silicone oil for retinal detachment with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy following failed vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. 
  • Silicone oil in vitreoretinal surgery. Part 1: Surgical techniques. 
  • Silicone oil in vitreoretinal surgery. Part 2: Results and complications. 
  • Silicone synovitis: clinical, radiologic, and histologic features. 
  • Simple identification of the third segment of the extracranial vertebral artery by extreme lateral inferior transcondylar-transtubercular exposure (ELITE). 
  • Surface adhesion, deformation and detachment at low shear of red cells and white cells. 
  • Surgical outcome of pediatric dacryocystorhinostomy in Nepal. 
  • The detection of silicone within tissues. 
  • The effect of intraocular silicone oil on anterior chamber oxygen pressure in cats. 
  • The effect of silicone oil on the cornea. 
  • The effects of model polysiloxane and fouling-release coatings on embryonic development of a sea urchin (Arbacia punctulata) and a fish (Oryzias latipes). 
  • The management of the Kock continent ileal reservoir urinary diversion with single pigtail self-retaining ileal conduit stents. 
  • The use of silicone oil following failed vitrectomy for retinal detachment with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy. 
  • The use of silicone oil following failed vitrectomy for retinal detachment with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy. 
  • Ultrasonic examination of the silicone-filled eye: theoretical and practical considerations. 
  • Vascularization and the gliding mechanism of free flexor-tendon grafts inserted by the silicone-rod method.