Prefilled Saline Breast Implants Offer Significant Advantages

In vitro deflation of prefilled saline breast implants.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not prefilled breast implants retain their volume in packaging. METHODS This study examined 32 Poly Implant Prosthesis prefilled textured saline breast implants. All of these implants were within the manufacturer's expiration date at the time of weighing. No holes were visible on any of the implants. All were weighed on an elect...

A comparison of 500 prefilled textured saline breast implants versus 500 standard textured saline breast implants: is there a difference in deflation rates?

BACKGROUND This study provides the first large-volume (1000 implant) comparison of the deflation rates of Poly Implant Prosthesis prefilled textured saline breast implants versus a control group of Mentor Siltex textured saline implants. METHODS A consecutive series of 500 Poly Implant Prosthesis prefilled textured saline breast implants was compared with a consecutive series of 500 Mentor Si...

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...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

Failure properties of leaf valve inflatable saline breast implants

In 1963, Cronin and Gerow (1) introduced the Silastic (silicone gel, Dow Corning, Tennessee) breast implant, opening the new era of breast augmentation surgery. This original ‘Cronin’ implant was made of a thick gel contained in a thick, rigid, elastomeric envelope, which had a Dacron (Dupont, Delaware) backing on the posterior surface to anchor the implant to the chest wall to attempt to reduc...