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Aesthetic surgery journal, 2020 Background Some of the millions of women with silicone breast implants (SBIs) report a pattern of systemic complaints, known as ASIA syndrome. However, the association between these complaints and breast implants remains uncertain.
Renée M L Miseré +3 more
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The Influence of Radiotherapy on the Mechanical Properties of Silicone Breast Implants
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2018 Background:. Silicone breast implants have been used for decades for cosmetic breast augmentation or reconstruction after mastectomy. In selected cases, postmastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy is given with the breast implants in situ.
Yara Bachour, MD +9 more
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Sterile acellular dermal collagen as a treatment for rippling deformity of breast. [PDF]
, 2014 Prosthetic implants are frequently used for breast augmentation and breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Unfortunately, long-term aesthetic results of prosthetic breast restoration may be hindered by complications such as rippling, capsular ...
Busse, Brittany +2 more
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Insights into Imaging, 2017 Complications resulting from the placement of silicone breast implants are becoming more frequent in our clinical practice. This is due to the increase in breast aesthetic surgeries at the beginning of the century, where breast augmentation using ...
Eduardo de Faria Castro Fleury +5 more
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Use of High-Resolution Ultrasound in Characterizing the Surface Topography of a Breast Implant
Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: With the emergence of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), it has become necessary to identify the implant shell type patients have received.
Yang-Hee Kim +5 more
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The Prepectoral, Hybrid Breast Reconstruction: The Synergy of Lipofilling and Breast Implants
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Breast reconstruction modalities are based on autologous tissue transfer, implants, or a combination of both.
F. Stillaert +3 more
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Comparison of Patient-reported Outcomes after Implant Versus Autologous Tissue Breast Reconstruction Using the BREAST-Q [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The demand for reconstructive breast procedures of various types has accelerated in recent years. Coupled with increased patient expectations, it has fostered the development of oncoplastic and reconstructive techniques in breast surgery.
Bassetto, Franco +7 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2014 Background: Breast reduction is well-known to provide an improvement in physical symptoms. However, measurements show that this procedure is less effective in restoring upper-pole fullness. Breast implants effectively augment the upper pole.
Eric Swanson, MD
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2023 A patient initially operated on for aesthetic breast augmentation had a round-textured silicone gel prosthesis, Poly Implants Prothèse, placed in a subglandular plane. The patient developed a bilateral capsular contracture, and 4 years later, underwent a
Felipe Mesa, MD, PhD +4 more
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The effect of postmastectomy radiation therapy on breast implants. Material analysis on silicone and polyurethane prosthesis [PDF]
, 2018 The pathogenic mechanism underlying capsular contracture is still unknown. It is certainly a multifactorial process, resulting from human body reaction, biofilm activation, bacteremic seeding, or silicone exposure.
Bini, Fabiano +13 more
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