Indications and practical applications for high-profile saline breast implants

Indications and practical applications for high-profile saline breast implants.

BACKGROUND High-profile round saline breast implants that permit a better match of implant diameter to the base diameter of the breast are now available. OBJECTIVE The advantages and disadvantages of high-profile breast implants are defined from the point of view of the author's initial experience. METHODS The maximal optimal breast implant was determined on the basis of preoperative measur...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

Autoinflation of saline-filled inflatable breast implants.

Spontaneous autoinflation of saline-filled breast implants is a rare phenomenon; only 20 cases have been reported in the world literature. Over the past seven years, three patients have presented with significant unilateral autoinflation of their smooth, single-lumen, round, saline-filled implants. This developed at various times: progressively over 23 years with a Simaplast implant; between th...

Shaped versus Round Implants for Breast Reconstruction: Indications and Outcomes

BACKGROUND With the reintroduction of shaped silicone gel implants in the United States, questions regarding indications and outcomes for each are likely. The purpose of this article is to review the author's early experience using shaped and round implants for breast reconstruction over a 14-month consecutive interval. METHODS Breast reconstruction using shaped or round implants was performe...

Textured-surface saline-filled silicone breast implants for augmentation mammaplasty.

The earliest silicone breast implants were smooth-surface, silicone rubber devices filled with either silicone gel or saline. Because of persistent problems with capsular contracture, polyurethane-covered silicone implants were developed as an alternative. Particularly in the short run, these alternatives proved highly successful at reducing the incidence of capsular contracture. By 1990, polyu...