Fwd: FRENCH STUDY SHOWS 60% RUPURE IN SILICONE GEL AFTER ONLY 10 YEARS

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Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2005 Sep 16; [Epub ahead of print]

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[Do silicone gel breast implants must be changed?][Article in French]Bouillot A.50, rue de la Republique, 69002 Lyon, France.Since silicone gel breast implants have been rehabilitated in 2001, we advised our patients to change prosthesis after 10 years. Our study including 150 patients shows clearly the rupture rate is very high (60%) for the textured prosthesis after 10 years, whereas it is much low for the double lumen implants (18%) after 14 years. This study and literature lead us to be very careful and change prosthesis every 12 or 13 years.PMID: 16171918 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]