Both silicone and saline implants have been approved for placement in the postmastectomy reconstruction patients. There remains a paucity of data comparing outcomes of saline and silicone implants in women after breast reconstruction. A single surgeon's experience with expander/implant breast ...
However, continuously since that time, these breast implants have been available for use by our breast cancer patients. And today, after extensive clinical trials beginning in 2005, silicone implants have been judged to be safe for all breast surgery patients, and are routinely used, and are pre...
These implants use silicone shells filled with a body-safe silicone gel. The gel’s soft, gummy texture makes silicone implants look and feel more like natural breasts compared to saline implants. On average, they last 20-40 years. Silicone implants are available in different levels of firmness...
and in breast reconstruction procedures for patients of any age. Some of the most popular implants available, silicone implants are known for their natural appearance and feel, and have helped
If you decide to have breast augmentation surgery, you’ll be making many decisions along the way. One important choice you’ll have is whether to select silicone or saline implants. This can be a tough call as there are advantages and disadvantages eith
deflates quickly. Silicone implants, however, can be ruptured for some time before a patient notices that something is amiss. Women who have particularly thin skin or very little breast tissue may opt for silicone implants instead of saline, as saline implants are more prone to rippling or ...
Patient Satisfaction With Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Comparison of Saline and Silicone Implants: McCarthy CM, Klassen AF, Cano SJ, et al (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, NY; McMaster Univ, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Univ College London, UK; et al) Cancer 116:5584-5591, 2010...
Multiple factors can influence the decision of whether to use either saline-filled or silicone-gel-filled implants for cosmetic breast augmentation. There are differences in implant performance and appearance; differences in patient anatomy, desires, and concerns; and differences in surgeon preference. ...
The article focuses on the saline implants approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for most women in the U.S. Silicone is limited largely to reconstruction patients but the FDA could approve silicone implants as research develops. The approval proc...
Saline Versus Silicone Breast Implants in 1360 Augmentation Mammaplasties: A 16-Year ExperienceAn abstract is unavailable.doi:10.1097/01.prs.0000388800.22985.ceMeng, H. SinnoIzadpanah, A.Izadpanah, A.Papanastasiou, W.Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery...