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Breast Implant Dangers
3% suffer leakage within three years causing a
deflated implant
Occasionally, breast implants may break or leak.
The saline fill is salt water and will be
absorbed by the body without ill effects. Older
implants with silicone gel can leak also. If
this occurs, one of two things may occur. If
breakage of the implant shell that has a
contracture scar around it, then it may not feel
like anything has happed. If the shell breaks
and there is not a contracture scar, then
leakage into the surrounding tissue results in a
sensation that the implant is deflating. The
leaking gel may collect in the breast and a new
scar may form around it. In other cases gel can
migrate through the lymphatic system to another
area of the body. Breaks may require a second
operation and replacement of the leaking
implant. If the gel has migrated it may not be
possible to remove all of the silicone gel. This
silicone gel is the what some say is related to
the initiation of connective tissue disorders.
For silicone gel and saline-filled implants,
some causes of rupture or deflation include :
damage by surgical instruments during surgery,
overfilling or underfilling of the implant with
saline solution (specific only to saline-filled
breast implants), capsular contracture ,closed
capsulotomy , stresses such as trauma or intense
physical manipulation ,excessive compression
during mammographic imaging, placement through
umbilical incision ,site injury to the breast,
normal aging of the implant ,unknown/unexplained
reasons.
FDA completed a retrospective study on rupture
of silicone gel-filled breast implants. This
study was performed in Birmingham, Alabama and
included women who had their first breast
implant before 1988. Women with silicone
gel-filled breast implants had a MRI examination
of their breasts to determine the status of
their current breast implants. The 344 women who
received a MRI examination had a total of 687
implants. Of the 687 implants in the study, at
least two of the three study radiologists agreed
that 378 implants were ruptured (55%). This
means that 69% of the 344 women had at least one
ruptured breast implant. Of the 344 women, 73
(21%) had extracapsular silicone gel in one or
both breasts. Factors that were associated with
rupture included increasing age of the implant,
the implant manufacturer, and submuscular rather
than subglandular location of the implant.
The most common complication of breast implants
is capsular contracture, a tightening of the
scar tissue that the body produces around the
implant as a natural part of healing. Additional
surgery may be required either to remove the
scar tissue or to remove—and perhaps replace—the
implant. In a prospective clinical study of
saline-filled breast implants conducted by
Mentor, the cumulative, 3-year, by patient rates
of a first occurrence of capsular contracture
Grades III and IV were 9% for the 1264
augmentation patients and 30% for the 416
reconstruction patients. In a prospective
clinical study of saline-filled breast implants
conducted by McGhan, the cumulative, 3-year, by
patient rates of a first occurrence of capsular
contracture Grades III and IV were 9% for the
901 augmentation patients and 25% for the 237
reconstruction patients.
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