Title Breast implant information booklet / produced by Therapeutic Goods Administration

Edition Third edition Published Canberra : Publications Production Unit (Public Affairs, Parliamentary and Access Branch), Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services, [2001] ©2001

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	618.19059 Aus/Bii 2001		AVAILABLE

Description vii, 38 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents 1. Introduction: History of Breast Implants, Types of Breast Implants, Silicon and Silicone -- 2. Deciding to have breast implants: Conditions under which Breast Implants should not be used, Breast Implant Surgery, Surgery Complications 3. Issues associated with breast implants -- 4.Living with breast implants:Checking Your Implants, Screening for Breast Cancer, Removal and Replacement of Implants -- 5. Other important information: Costs of Breast Implants, Medical Records, Australian Regulation of Breast Implants -- 6. Community asked questions and answers -- 7. Suggested questions to ask your surgeon before surgery -- 8. List of contacts Notes "Publication approval number: 2273" --T. p. verso Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as of October 2001: http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/twhn/breast3.htm Also available via World Wide Web Subject Silicones in medicine -- Popular works. Implants, Artificial. Silicones. Breast implants -- Complications. Breast implants -- Popular works. Prostheses and Implants. Silicones -- adverse effects. Silicones. Genre/Form Popular works. Author Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia) Australia. Department of Health and Family Services. Public Affairs, Parliamentary and Access Branch ISBN 0642735794

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