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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Mar;127(3):1029–1044. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182043630

Table 2.

Study Inclusion Criteria

(1) Magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound used to establish the diagnosis of implant rupture
(2) Sufficient data reported to compute sensitivity and specificity values
(3) Number of patients and implants with silicone breast implants reported (or if a mix of silicone and saline breast implants was used, the number of silicone breast implants was extractable)
(4) Explantation as the reference standard
(5) At least 10 patients examined