Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review
Polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) was developed in the 1980s as an injectable filler for breast augmentation and tissue contour improvement, but its potential risk for oncogenesis and the frequent occurrence of chronic complications after injections led to the prohibition of its further use as an injec...
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Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2019-07-01
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| description | Polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) was developed in the 1980s as an injectable filler for breast augmentation and tissue contour improvement, but its potential risk for oncogenesis and the frequent occurrence of chronic complications after injections led to the prohibition of its further use as an injectable material. Although breast augmentation with PAAG injections was mostly performed in China and Eastern Europe, the migration of patients and long-term complications of the procedure made it a global concern. Herein, we describe the case of a 49-year-old woman who immigrated to Korea after undergoing breast augmentation via PAAG injection in China, and complained of persistent mastodynia and retraction of both breasts. Surgical treatment was undertaken, along with removal of the PAAG and total capsulectomy of the fibrous capsule containing the gel through an inframammary fold incision. We share our experience of diagnosing and treating this case, and present a literature review. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca7cb2bc77b44150ab70a8756f84ab202022-12-21T20:33:44ZengKorean Society for Aesthetic Plastic SurgeryArchives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery2234-08312288-93372019-07-0125311912310.14730/aaps.2019.01753677Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature reviewInhoe Ku0Ji-Ung Park1 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaPolyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) was developed in the 1980s as an injectable filler for breast augmentation and tissue contour improvement, but its potential risk for oncogenesis and the frequent occurrence of chronic complications after injections led to the prohibition of its further use as an injectable material. Although breast augmentation with PAAG injections was mostly performed in China and Eastern Europe, the migration of patients and long-term complications of the procedure made it a global concern. Herein, we describe the case of a 49-year-old woman who immigrated to Korea after undergoing breast augmentation via PAAG injection in China, and complained of persistent mastodynia and retraction of both breasts. Surgical treatment was undertaken, along with removal of the PAAG and total capsulectomy of the fibrous capsule containing the gel through an inframammary fold incision. We share our experience of diagnosing and treating this case, and present a literature review.http://e-aaps.org/upload/pdf/aaps-2019-01753.pdfaugmentation mammaplastycomplicationspolyacrylamide gels |
| spellingShingle | Inhoe Ku Ji-Ung Park Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery augmentation mammaplasty complications polyacrylamide gels |
| title | Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review |
| title_full | Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review |
| title_short | Complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation: A case report and literature review |
| title_sort | complications of polyacrylamide hydrogel injection for breast augmentation a case report and literature review |
| topic | augmentation mammaplasty complications polyacrylamide gels |
| url | http://e-aaps.org/upload/pdf/aaps-2019-01753.pdf |
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