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Measuring Platinum Levels in Hair in Women with Silicone Breast Implants and Systemic Symptoms
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022 Background:. It has been suggested that compounds present in silicone breast implants (eg, silicone particles or heavy metals such as platinum) migrate into the body and can cause systemic symptoms in susceptible women, causing what is known as breast ...
K.A. Spit, MD +3 more
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GMS German Medical Science, 2021 Cronin and Gerow first introduced silicone breast implants in 1962; they now serve as first-line for breast augmentation. Breast augmentation is effective in restoring both physical and psychological well-being in women post-mastectomy.Many studies in ...
Agilinko, Joshua +6 more
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Journal of Surgical Sciences, 2019 Delayed breast reconstruction after irradiated mastectomy cases includes a large series of reconstructive procedures like silicone implant/expander, numerous flaps or combined methods.
Andrei Ludovic Poroșnicu +3 more
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The Value of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Integrity of Silicone Breast Implants
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objective: Breast implant surgery for cosmetic purposes is the most popular plastic surgery and it has been performed for over 100 years.
Dalia Rukanskienė +5 more
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Case Reports in Oncology, 2020 A 52-year-old African-American woman with a prior history of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) developed infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast.
Chace Henning +5 more
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An adapted suction technique to aid removal of ruptured silicone implants
JPRAS Open, 2019 Implant rupture is a common complication of breast implant surgery. Removal of silicone gel after breast implant rupture can be difficult and time-consuming. In the medical literature, a few other methods attempt to solve this challenge.
Giuseppe Pizzonia +2 more
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Secondary mammaplasty with monobloc resection and implant repositioning in the partial retropectoral pocket [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019 Introduction: Breast augmentation with silicone implants is one of the most common plastic surgery procedures. The objective of this study was to evaluate patients with previous silicone implantations undergoing secondary mammaplasty, presenting an ...
Vinicius Julio Camargo
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Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2023 Background The number of cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries that use breast implants is increasing in Korea. Recently, it has been reported that breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma is related to textured breast implants, and ...
Joo Hyuck Lee +2 more
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Intrapleural silicone granuloma mimicking pleural malignancy
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 We describe a 78-year-old initially presenting with left breast cancer, status post mastectomy and bilateral dual-lumen breast implant placement, subsequently developed lung cancer years later status post lobectomy, who later developed FDG-avid pleural ...
Kiet Vo, MD +2 more
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Silicone-induced granuloma of breast implant capsule mistaken for breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2022 For patients with breast implants who present with an isolated seroma, capsular contracture, or peri-implant mass, clinicians must rule out breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).
Yun-Seob Kim +3 more
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