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Silicone Gels

"Silicone Gels" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Synthetic organosiloxane gels that are formed from synthetic polymers of silicone oxide with organic sidechains (polydimethylsiloxane) by lengthening the polymer chains. Unlike silicone elastomers, they are not treated with amorphous silica. They are used as fillers in breast implants.


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Bar chart showing 22 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002 and 2008 and 2010 and 2012 and 2013 and 2019 and 2021
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