BREAST CAPSULE PERSISTENCE AFTER BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL

Authors
ROCKWELL WB CASEY HD CHENG CA
Citation
Wb. Rockwell et al., BREAST CAPSULE PERSISTENCE AFTER BREAST IMPLANT REMOVAL, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 101(4), 1998, pp. 1085-1088
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Plastic and reconstructive surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00321052
Volume
101
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1085 - 1088
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-1052(1998)101:4<1085:BCPABI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Breast implant capsules are a foreign body immune response to breast i mplants. It has been proposed that capsulectomy after breast implant r emoval was unnecessary, as the body resorbs the capsule when the impla nt, the impetus for the foreign body response, is removed. We report e ight women with persistent capsules 10 months to 17 years after silico ne breast implant removal.