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2762403

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
One-hundred and seventy patients (124 augmentations and 46 reconstructions) were followed for 8 post-operative years. Ninety patients received the "standard" smooth silicone mammary prosthesis, and 80 patients received a polyurethane-covered prosthesis. The longest follow-up was 4 years and the shortest was 1 year, with the average just over 2 years. Six types of complications were registered, with three attributed to implant design (wrinkles, draping, capsules) and three to the operator or surgery (infection, hematoma, extrusion). Firm capsule formation was considered a complication only if another intervention (reoperation, closed capsulotomy, etc.) was recommended by the surgeon or requested by the patient. Ninety-six percent of the patients with polyurethane prostheses had a satisfactory (grade II) or better than satisfactory (grade IA or IB) result, whereas 72 percent of the patients with a standard silicone-gel prosthesis achieved a satisfactory (grade II) or better than satisfactory (grade IA or IB) result. Technical details for use of polyurethane prostheses are given, as well as complications inherent to the polyurethane-covered implant.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Smooth vs. rough: an 8-year survey of mammary prostheses.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article