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- Title
Characteristics of adhesion areas between the tissue expander and capsule in implant-based breast reconstruction.
- Authors
Yoon Min Lim; Kwang Hyun Park; Dong Won Lee; Dae Hyun Lew; Tai Suk Roh; Seung Yong Song
- Abstract
Background: The use of anatomic implants has improved the aesthetic results of breast surgery; however, implant malrotation is an uncommon, but serious complication of these procedures. Nevertheless, little research has explored implant adhesion. In this study, we investigated adhesion between the expander and the capsule. Methods: Seventy-nine cases of immediate breast reconstruction via two-stage implantbased reconstruction performed between September 2016 and November 2017 were evaluated. Mentor CPX4 expanders were used in 14 breasts, and Natrelle expanders in 65. We analyzed areas of adhesion on the surfaces of the tissue expanders when they were exchanged with permanent implants. We investigated whether adhesions occurred on the cephalic, caudal, anterior, and/or posterior surfaces of the expanders. Results: Total adhesion occurred in 18 cases, non-adhesion in 15 cases, and partial adhesion in 46 cases. Of the non-adhesion cases, 80% (n=12) were with Mentor CPX4 expanders, while 94.4% (n=17) of the total adhesion cases were with Natrelle expanders. Of the partial adhesion cases, 90.7% involved the anterior-cephalic surface. The type of tissue expander showed a statistically significant relationship with the number of attachments in both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses (P<0.001) and with total drainage only in the univariate analysis (P=0.015). Conclusions: We sought to identify the location(s) of adhesion after tissue expander insertion. The texture of the implant was a significant predictor of the success of adhesion, and partial adhesion was common. The anterior-cephalic surface showed the highest adhesion rate. Nevertheless, partial adhesion suffices to prevent unwanted rotation of the expander.
- Subjects
BREAST implants; MAMMAPLASTY; ADHESION; LOGISTIC regression analysis; BREAST surgery; TISSUE adhesions
- Publication
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 4, p330
- ISSN
2234-6163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5999/aps.2018.00395