RUPTURE OF A SILICONE BAG-GEL BREAST IMPLANT BY CLOSED COMPRESSION CAPSULOTOMY
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 59 (6) , 849-850
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-197706000-00024
Abstract
A previously unreported complication of closed capsulotomy is presented--rupture of a silicone bag-gel breast implant with silicone granuloma formation. We make some suggestions as the pathophysiology involved, and speculate that the complication might be more likely with an implant containing a less cohesive gel.Keywords
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