TY - JOUR
T1 - Customized silicone implants of the breast and chest
AU - Lavey, Elliott
AU - Apfelberg, David B.
AU - Lash, Harvey
AU - Maser, Morton R.
AU - Laub, Dorton R.
AU - Gosain, Arun
PY - 1982/4
Y1 - 1982/4
N2 - Custom-fabricated silicone implants were used in 17 patients to reconstruct thoracic deformities associated with pectus excavatum, hypoplasia of the thorax, and radical mastectomy. The implants have been in place an average of 2½ years. Custom implants have been permanently removed in only two of these patients. These implants can provide accurate, complex contour restoration without creating donor defects. However, problems of extrusion, capsule formation, slippage, and infection requiring implant removal are characteristic of nonautogenous materials. Because these are foreign bodies, well-vascularized soft-tissue coverage is especially essential to retain these implants.
AB - Custom-fabricated silicone implants were used in 17 patients to reconstruct thoracic deformities associated with pectus excavatum, hypoplasia of the thorax, and radical mastectomy. The implants have been in place an average of 2½ years. Custom implants have been permanently removed in only two of these patients. These implants can provide accurate, complex contour restoration without creating donor defects. However, problems of extrusion, capsule formation, slippage, and infection requiring implant removal are characteristic of nonautogenous materials. Because these are foreign bodies, well-vascularized soft-tissue coverage is especially essential to retain these implants.
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U2 - 10.1097/00006534-198204000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00006534-198204000-00013
M3 - Article
C2 - 7071203
AN - SCOPUS:0020058089
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 69
SP - 646
EP - 651
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 4
ER -