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Infections of Breast Implants in Aesthetic Breast Augmentations: A Single-Center Review of 3,002 Patients

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Abstract

Background

A large retrospective analysis examined primary aesthetic breast augmentations to find specific factors that could favor or counteract the occurrence of infections.

Methods

Data were collected from the personal databases of two different surgeons at the Crown House Hospital, Oldbury, Birmingham, United Kingdom, from January 1999 to December 2004. All the patients who received primary aesthetic breast augmentation with or without associated mastopexy were recorded.

Results

A total of 3,002 women were reviewed. Infections were experienced by 33 patients (1.1%). The analysis showed that Mentor prostheses and local antibiotics both were protective against the occurrence of infections (p < 0.05). On the contrary, the use of drains significantly increased the risk fivefold (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

The incidence of infections in aesthetic breast augmentations is 1.1%, and Mentor prostheses, antibiotics in the pocket, and the use of drains seem associated with their occurrence.

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  1. Crown House Hospital, Green Street, Oldbury Birmingham, B69 4JP, United Kingdom

    A. Araco M.D., F. Araco M.D. & K. Walgenbach M.D.

  2. Department of General Surgery, University “Tor Vergata”, via Montpellier 1, Rome, Italy

    G. Gravante M.D.

  3. University “La Sapienza”, p.le Aldo Moro 1, Rome, Italy

    D. Delogu

  4. Department of Plastic Surgery, University “Tor Vergata”, via Montpellier 1, Rome, Italy

    V. Cervelli M.D.

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Araco, A., Gravante, G., Araco, F. et al. Infections of Breast Implants in Aesthetic Breast Augmentations: A Single-Center Review of 3,002 Patients. Aesth Plast Surg 31, 325–329 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-006-0156-y

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