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> Re: An interesting article from 1979!!!

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> > Good work Lea!

> >

> > At 02:54 PM 3/11/02 -0800, you wrote:

> > > PLEASE POST

> > >

> > >Dearest Ilena:

> > >

> > >Look what I found today. They knew this 22 years ago!

> > >

> > >This letter to the editor, " Shedding of Silicone Particles from

> Inflated

> > >Breast Implants, " in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, by Dr. A.

> Vargas,

> > >was published in August 1979. It follows. " Sir: Seven years ago

> we

> > >placed an inflatable prosthesis in a small breast. There was never

> any

> > >problem, but recently we exchanged the prosthesis because the

> patient

> > >wanted a larger size. On removal, we found spots like collections

> of

> sand

> > >on the surface of the implant; in some ways they resembled the

> spots

> made

> > >by fungi on slides stored in a humid place. The fibrous capsule,

> though

> > >thin, also had areas with the same characteristics. Another

> patient

> had a

> > >similar implantation of another brand* of inflatable prosthesis 5

> years

> > >ago; she had had no problems, but wanted it exchanged for a larger

> size.

> > >

> > >On removal of the prosthesis we found the same kind of spots on

> the

> outer

> > >surface of the implant and in some areas of the fibrous capsule.

> The

> > >pathology findings on the two fibrous capsules were the

> same--lamellae

> of

> > >dense, fibrous tissue forming a capsule, with sticky particles on

> the

> > >inner surface. There was no malignancy. The concretions on the

> prostheses

> > >were examined in the chemistry laboratory at Javeriana University,

> and

> at

> > >the National University in Bogot·. The specimens contained

> inorganic

> > >salts, nitrogen compounds, and an inert substance which, on

> infra-red

> > >spectroscopy, demonstrated the silicon-carbon bond. One wonders

> how

> many

> > >of the hundreds of thousands of breast implants that have been in

> place

> > >for years without any symptoms might show similar

> findings--perhaps

> from

> > >depolymerization or some other change? This is a rhetorical

> question

> to

> > >which I do not know the answer. Axel Vargas, M.D. Instituto

> Saint

> Michel

> > >Carrera 7a, No. 60-20 Bogot·, Columbia [sic]

> > >

> > >* The two prostheses were different brands, both well-known,

> widely-used,

> > >and made in the USA. " This sounds like something Dr. Blais has

> been

> > >saying for years, that is, that there were problems with these

> devices

> > >many years ago...but it was kept hidden by the manufacturers and

> unknown

> > >to anyone not reading the learned journals. Thank you for

> helping us

> to

> > >expose the truth. Love as always........Lea

> >

>

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