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The clinical implications of poly implant prothèse breast implants: an overview.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Capsulectomy Following Breast Implant Removal: Evidence-Based Indications and a Framework for Clinical Decision-Making.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Review
- Comparative Study Between Breast Implants and Adipose Tissue Autograft in Primary Aesthetic Breast Augmentation.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Medical device regulation (MDR) in health technology enterprises - perspectives of managers and regulatory professionals.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Litigation in breast surgery: unique insights from the English National Health Service experience.BJS open · 2021Article
- Progressive silicone lymphadenopathy post mastectomy and implant reconstruction for breast cancer.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Result of Likely Industrial Grade Ruptured Poly Implant Prosthèse Silicone Buttock Implants.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2020Article
- Interstitial lung diseases associated with metal content in silicone breast implants: a case series.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2018Article
- Evolving Trends in Breast Surgery: Oncoplastic to Onco-Aesthetic Surgery.Archives of plastic surgery · 2016Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Mammary implants marketed by Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) were found to contain industrial grade silicone and this caused heightened anxiety and extensive publicity regarding their safety in humans. These implants were used in a large number of patients worldwide for augmentation or breast reconstruction. We reviewed articles identified by searches of Medline, PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar databases up to May 2014 using the terms: "PIP", "Poly Implant Prothèse", "breast implants" and "augmentation mammoplasty" "siloxanes" or "silicone". In addition the websites of regulating bodies in Europe, USA, and Australia were searched for reports related to PIP mammary implants. PIP mammary implants are more likely to rupture than other implants and can cause adverse effects in the short to the medium term related to the symptoms of rupture such as pain, lumps in the breast and axilla and anxiety. Based on peer-reviewed published studies we have calculated an overall rupture rate of 14.5% (383/2,635) for PIP implants. However, there is no evidence that PIP implant rupture causes long-term adverse health effects in humans so far. Silicone lymphadenopathy represents a foreign body reaction and should be treated conservatively. The long-term adverse effects usually arise from inappropriate extensive surgery, such as axillary lymph node dissection or extensive resection of breast tissue due to silicone leakage.
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