Rupture of the cohesive silicone gel implant after breast augmentationopen accessRupture of the Cohesive Silicone Gel Implant after Breast Augmentation
- Other Titles
- Rupture of the Cohesive Silicone Gel Implant after Breast Augmentation
- Authors
- Lee S.[Lee S.]; Kim S.H.[Kim S.H.]; Han B.-K.[Han B.-K.]
- Issue Date
- Feb-2011
- Publisher
- KOREAN SURGICAL SOCIETY
- Keywords
- Breast implant; Cohesive silicone gel; Rupture
- Citation
- Journal of the Korean Surgical Society, v.80, no.2, pp.96 - 102
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
- Volume
- 80
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 96
- End Page
- 102
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/71726
- DOI
- 10.4174/jkss.2011.80.2.96
- ISSN
- 1226-0053
- Abstract
- Breast augmentation with cohesive silicone gel implant has been popular but there remains the risk of implant rupture. We investigated the diagnosis and treatment of cohesive gel implant rupture. Methods: Ten cases of cohesive gel implant rupture between August 2006 and August 2010 in ooo were reviewed in this study. The diagnostic role of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (US), and operative findings of cases were studied retrospectively. Results: The mean interval from previous surgery was 14.7 months ranging from 3 to 44 months. Nine cases were visited due to abrupt changes in texture of implants and 1 case for revision of capsular contracture. Seven of 10 cases had capsular contracture, simultaneously. We diagnosed the first case by US and MRI but only US was used in the other 9 cases. US showed discontinuity of the implant membrane and multiple parallel echogenic lines within the implant interior (stepladder sign), and MRI showed the presence of multiple curvilinear low-signal-intensity lines seen within the high-signal-intensity silicone gel (linguine sign). All the ruptured gel remained in place within the capsule and did not migrate into the surrounding area. Surgeries were implant replacement in 3, replacement with capsulectomy in 6 with capsular contracture, and subpectoral conversion with capsulectomy and mastopexy in 1 case. Conclusion: US without MRI has asatisfactoryrole in the screening method for detection of cohesive silicone gel implant rupture in symptomatic cases. Ruptured implants were removed and replaced easily due to their highly cohesive nature.
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