Jegorov B, Kubík M, Měšťák J, Christodoulou P, Šuk P, Molitor M
During the period of 1960s and 1970s, a new alloplastic material - Wichterle gel - was introduced in the field of plastic surgery. In 1961, a Czech scientist, prof. Otto Wichterle, had developed, along with his research team, a hydrophilic gel made of polymers, which fulfilled the high standards for prosthetic materials due to its hydrophilic, chemical, thermal and shape stability that provided a better tolerance in the body compared with other hydrophobic gels. Plastic surgeons had started to use the gel for breast augmentations and reconstructions...
2023: Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae