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- Title
Mechanical irritation by protruding bone: A possible cause of breast implant rupture.
- Authors
Aitzetmüller, Matthias Michael; Haslhofer, David Johannes; Wenny, Raphael; Schmidt, Manfred; Duscher, Dominik; Huemer, Georg Michael
- Abstract
Although breast implants have been in clinical use for almost 6 decades and have undergone considerable development during this time, implant rupture is still a dreaded long-term complication. Some obvious external factors, such as trauma, can lead to implant rupture, but many studies have reported a high rate of "spontaneous" implant rupture. Herein, we present two cases with the aim of raising awareness of a new possible cause of "spontaneous" implant rupture: mechanical irritation by bony protrusions.
- Subjects
BREAST implants; SILICONES in surgery; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2018, Vol 45, Issue 5, p470
- ISSN
2234-6163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5999/aps.2017.01298