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Breast Implants (Complications)

Saline Breast Implants Not A Likely Source of Infection

Data from a new study was presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS), held October 7-11, 1995, at the Palais des Congres de Montreal.

The prospective study, which was conducted to help determine whether saline implants in otherwise healthy patients harbored bacteria, analyzed 106 saline prostheses in 67 patients over a period of twelve months. The study found that clinically significant microbial infection of saline breast prostheses either does not occur or is an uncommon event. The prostheses studied,...

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