Publication de 4 numéros par an
ISSN Imprimer: 1050-6934
ISSN En ligne: 1940-4379
Indexed in
Morphology of Breast Implant Fold Flaw Failure
RÉSUMÉ
The percent of modern silicone gel breast implants that fail due to shell rupture is quite low, amounting to less than 1% per year. Nonetheless, extensive retrieval and analysis studies are being conducted on failed devices returned to Allergan Medical (formerly Inamed Corporation) in order to determine the modes and causes of failure. With the modes and causes known, solutions can be implemented to eliminate the failure mechanisms. Analyses conducted thus far have demonstrated that there are several causes of breast implant failure. The focus of this paper is on one type of silicone gel breast implant failure, i.e., a failure associated with a fold or wrinkle, which is termed "fold flaw failure." Although fold flaw failure is not a dominant mode of failure for silicone gel breast implants, its failure characteristics must be understood in order for this type of shell rupture to be detected and eventually eliminated. In this study, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy are used to describe the morphology of fold flaw failure for explanted silicone gel breast implants with smooth shells. The microscopy analysis demonstrates that there are several different types of shell failure patterns that can be produced by a fold or wrinkle in a silicone gel breast implant.
-
Brandon H.J., Jerina K.L., Wolf C.J., Young V.L., Retrieval and analysis of breast implants emphasizing strength, durability, and failure mechanisms, in Biomaterials in Plastic Surgery, 2012. Crossref
-
Kashi A., Saha S., Mechanisms of failure of medical implants during long-term use, in Biointegration of Medical Implant Materials, 2010. Crossref
-
Rapp Derek A., Neaman Keith C., Hammond Dennis C., Stereoscopic Analysis of Silicone Breast Implant Shells Damaged by Surgical Instruments, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 136, 1, 2015. Crossref
-
Unger Jacob G., Carreras Jennel M., Nagarkar Purushottam, Jeong Haneol S., Carpenter William, Allergan Style 410 Implants for Breast Reconstruction, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 138, 3, 2016. Crossref
-
Schmitz Marweh, Schubert Dirk W., Kaschta Joachim, Daenicke Jonas, Walter Bastian L., Horch Raymund E., Is short term intraoperative application of disinfectants harmful to breast implants in breast reconstruction? An experimental study and literature survey, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 90, 2019. Crossref
-
Brandon Harold J., Nichter Larry S., Back Dwight D., New Evaluation Procedure for Multi-Dimensional Mechanical Strains and Tangent Moduli of Breast Implants: IDEAL IMPLANT® Structured Breast Implant Compared to Silicone Gel Implants, Bioengineering, 6, 2, 2019. Crossref
-
Bae Juyoung, Jeon Byung-Joon, Mun Goo-Hyun, Bang Sa Ik, Pyon Jai Kyong, Lee Kyeong-Tae, Predictors for Implant Rupture in Two-Stage Tissue Expander-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29, 2, 2022. Crossref