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Breast Implants
Procedure chosen for breast implant surgery studied as prognostic risk factor
October 6th, 2005
The procedure chosen for breast implant surgery was studied as prognostic risk factor for complications after surgery. "Epidemiologic data on local complications after breast augmentation are scarce," investigators in Denmark report. "In particular, few prospectively collected data are available on modern breast implants on this issue." "Using data from the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast," T. F. Henriksen and colleagues "examined determinants of surgery-requiring complications and capsular contracture grades III to IV among 2277 women who underwent cosmetic breast implantation from June 1999 through April 2003. During an average...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-06)
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