Advanced search
Publication Cover
Expert Review of Medical Devices Volume 10, 2013 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
129
Views
7
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Case Report

Complications of Poly Implant Prothèse breast implants: the current discussion

Leila Kolios Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany. [email protected]
,
Christoph Hirche Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany
,
Alexander Spiethoff Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz, Bremserstraße 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany; Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz, Bremserstraße 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany
,
Adrien Daigeler Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany; Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Care Unit, University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen, Germany
&
Marcus Lehnhardt Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Center, Sarcoma Reference Center, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany; Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Center, Sarcoma Reference Center, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
Pages 167-170 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

References

  • Hedén P, Bronz G, Elberg JJ et al. Long-term safety and effectiveness of style 410 highly cohesive silicone breast implants. Aesthetic Plast. Surg. 33(3), 430–436; discussion 437 (2009).
  • O’Neill JK, Rigby H, Kenealy JM. Leakage and osmotic shifts in PIP Hydrogel implants. A case demonstrating increase and decrease of implant volume in the same patient. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg. 61(9), 1122–1123 (2008).
  • Berry RB. Rupture of PIP breast implants. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg. 60(8), 967–968 (2007).
  • Accurso A, Rocco N, Feleppa C, Palumbo A, D’Andrea F. Spread of silicone to axillary lymph nodes after high cohesive gel silicone implant rupture. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 122(6), 221e–222e (2008).
  • Cawrse NH, Pickford MA. Cutaneous manifestation of silicone dissemination from a PIP implant – a case for prophylactic explantation? J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesth. Surg. 64, 208e–209e (2011).
  • Aktouf A, Auquit-Auckbur I, Coquerel-Beghin D, Delpierre V, Milliez PY. Breast augmentation by Poly Implant Protheses silicone implants: retrospective study about 99 patients. Rupture analysis and management. Ann. Chir. Plast. Esthet. 57(6), 558–566 (2012).
  • Berry MG, Stanek JJ. The PIP mammary prosthesis: a product recall study. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg. 65(6), 697–704 (2012).
  • Dragoumis DM, Assimaki AS, Vrizas TI, Tsiftsoglou AP. Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty. Indian J. Plast. Surg. 43(2), 206–209 (2010).
  • Gampper TJ, Khoury H, Gottlieb W, Morgan RF. Silicone gel implants in breast augmentation and reconstruction. Ann. Plast. Surg. 59(5), 581–590 (2007).

Websites

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.