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8643727

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Recent reports suggested that the presence of synovial metaplasia in the capsular tissues of breast implants is greater with textured-shelled implants compared with smooth. Textured implants, however, have become popular only in the last few years. Therefore, the studies do not address the possibility that synovial metaplasia may be a dynamic process related to time (e.g., implant age) rather than implant shell surface. In the current study, 159 implant capsules (85 patients) removed between February of 1992 and July of 1993 at UCLA Medical Center were evaluated histologically and correlated with clinical data, including the age of implants. Synovial metaplasia was identified in 40 percent (64 of 159) of the capsule specimens. A logistic regression analysis that removed the effect of implant age demonstrated no correlation of implant shell type (textured versus smooth) with the presence of synovial metaplasia. Gel bleed, implant location, pericapsular fluid, implant rupture, and capsular contracture also did not have any significant association with synovial metaplasia in the current study. The incidence of synovial metaplasia appears to decrease with age (77 percent at < 5 years; 22 percent at > 15 years). Our findings suggest that synovial metaplasia is not rare and in fact may be a fairly common transitional histologic finding. It may be part of the common progression that occurs at the implant-capsule interface. The clinical significance remains unknown.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1427-33; discussion 1434-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Capsular synovial metaplasia as a common response to both textured and smooth implants.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study