Breast silicone implants: the issues of post-surgery complications

Abstract

The issue of breast silicone implants reliability is getting widely dis­cussed in the world. The article presents the results of an anonymous survey of more than three hundred women with a of mammoplasty in medical histo­ry. We analyzed whether post-surgery complications depend on age, surgical access, and the manufacturer of the prosthesis. The study showed that age and surgical access are not associated with the occurrence of complications. Com­monly known breast silicone implants are produced by Allergan and Mentor. Among the implant-related complications, capsular contracture was the most frequent, and half of all complications occur in the early post-surgery period.