ABSTRACT
The author discusses the indiscriminate use of various terms to designate a single artifact and suggests the adoption of only one signifier. Although no publications deal specifically with the meaning of the terms "implant", "prosthesis" or "inclusion", apart from what is found in ordinary lexical and medical dictionaries, such terms are commonly and interchangeably used to designate a single artifact. According to the author, it is beneficial to select and utilize only the term that best conceptualizes the object designed for correcting lack of breast volume in specialty terminology. The use of a single term will facilitate scientific paper writing; therefore, the author proposes the use of the term "implant" to indicate the artifact placed inside the mammary gland.
O autor discute o uso indiscriminado de vários termos para designar um único artefato e sugere a adoção de apenas um significante. Embora não se encontrem publicações que tratem especificamente do significado dos termos implante, prótese e inclusão, a não ser o que se encontra nos dicionários léxicos e médicos comuns, esses termos têm sido usados rotineiramente para designar um único artefato. O autor considera ser possível incluir na nomenclatura da especialidade o termo que melhor conceitue o referido objeto destinado à correção da falta de volume mamário. O uso de um único termo facilitaria a redação de trabalhos científicos, e, por esse motivo, o autor propõe o uso do termo implante para o artefato colocado dentro da glândula mamária.
Subject(s)
Subject Headings , Review Literature as Topic , Mammaplasty , Breast Implants , Breast Implantation , Abstracting and Indexing , Mammaplasty/trends , Breast Implants/trends , Breast Implantation/trends , Abstracting and Indexing/trendsABSTRACT
This review describes one of the most interesting and current controversies in rheumatology : the relationship between silicone implants and diseases of the connective tissue. This association has been consedered since 1964 and more recently scleroderma and systemic lupus have been associated to breast implants. Lately it has been demostrated that silicone is not an inert material, but exert active immunological reactions. Moreover recents reports in the literature describe multiple autoantibodies in such patients (namely anti-nucleolar and anti-centromere) as well as atypical rheumatoid symptoms. Prospective controlled studies investigating such atypical complaints in recipients of silicone implants need to be ascertained.