IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 35 / Issue 3 / pii/1630638713586-1863596890

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Original Research
Silicone gel mammary prostheses: immune pathologies and breastfeeding
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1 Department of Surgical Sciences, 2Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of L’Aquila, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, L’Aquila (Italy)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2008, 35(3), 187–189;
Published: 10 September 2008
Abstract

Augmentation mammoplasty is the most frequent request among esthetic surgery procedures but numerous controversies have been raised about the security of the silicone gel prostheses. Today a new question needs an answer: is the prosthesis a risk factor for pregnancy? In this paper the results of a hematochemical study performed on a group of patients with term pregnancies and silicone gel breast implants (group A) compared with a control group without implants (B) are described. For laboratory screening the valuation of antibody (TRIM) and silicone concentrations in blood and maternal milk and in neonate blood was performed.
Keywords
Augmentation mammoplasty
Mammary prostheses
Autoantibody
Silicone
Immune pathologies
Breastfeeding
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