Background Breast augmentation is one of the most frequent intervention in plastic surgery.
In March 2010, the Afssaps has withdrawn from the market all the Poly Implant Prothèses …

Although capsular contracture remains one of the major problems following silicone breast
implantation, the associated mechanism has yet to be determined. This study thus aimed to …

In a retrospective study, 34 women with silicone gel breast implants were examined, 22
patients had intact (Group A) and 12 had ruptured (Group B) implants. The objective of the …

Capsular calcification was present clinically in 64 of 404 silicone gel breast implant capsules
(15.8%) analyzed from 1981 to 1996. It presented as white-gray plaques on the inner …

Silicone breast implants have been used for augmentation mammoplasty for cosmetic
purposes as well as for breast reconstruction following mastectomy for more than three …

This study aimed to present an update on the use of polyurethane-coated silicone gel breast
implants. After 18 years of experience using these implants and 1,257 surgically treated …

4 -Experimental model of capsular contracture in silicone implants Page 1 1. This research
was developed at Plastic Surgery Division of Surgery Department - Federal University of São …

Background: Silicone breast implants have been used for decades for cosmetic breast
augmentation or reconstruction after mastectomy. In selected cases, postmastectomy …

The authors investigated the association between the occurrence of capsular contracture
and implant and patient characteristics. All women with breast implants from 1977 to 1997 …

BACKGROUND: Implant-based breast reconstruction has various techniques with various
planes and various materials. In order to determine the superiority of these surgical …