DISTANT MIGRATION OF SILICONE GEL FROM A RUPTURED BREAST IMPLANT
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 62 (2) , 302-303
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-197808000-00038
Abstract
A complication of augmentation mammaplasty is presented in which the bag of a gel-filled implant ruptured and the thin gel migrated through subcutaneous planes as far as the groin. We feel that when a rupture of a gel-filled prosthesis becomes evident, it should be replaced as soon as possible if such migration is to be prevented (particularly if the gel is of the thinner and less-cohesive variety).Keywords
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