In Vitro Models of Soft Tissue Damage by Implant-Associated FrictionaI Shear Stresses

Published in Journal of Engineering Tribology

In Vitro Models of Soft Tissue Damage by Implant-Associated

Frictional Shear Stresses

Angela Pitenis, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering- Materials presents this study investigating the relationship between commercially available breast implants surfaces and the tissular physical disruption created following the

insertion and further new implant-breast tissue interactions.