Management of Contralateral Breast and Axillary Nodes Silicone Migration after Implant Rupture

Background:. Silicone implants were developed in 1962 for breast augmentation and became essential in reconstruction after mastectomy. Silicone “bleeding” has been described from both ruptured and intact implants and can induce disseminated granulomatosis due to the component's high fat solubil...

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Main Authors: Leslie Elahi, MD, Marie-Garance Meuwly, Jean-Yves Meuwly, MD, Wassim Raffoul, MD, PD, MER, Natalie Koch, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-05-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004290