Breast implant illness after reconstruction with silicone breast implants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Breast implant illness" (BII) is a constellation of non-specific constitutional, rheumatologic, mental, and cognitive symptoms reported increasingly by women carrying silicone breast implants (SBIs). The impact of BII on the well-being of breast cancer patients with SBI-based breast reconstructions is a subject of debate.

Methods

In a multicenter cohort of breast cancer survivors (n = 9590) treated between 2000 and 2015 in 6 major regional hospitals in the Netherlands, we performed a health survey (response rate 64.7%). The presence of 18 BII-associated symptoms was compared between patients with and without SBIs in multivariable logistic regression models. In a latent class analysis (LCA), distinct symptom patterns were identified in the study population.

Res

SUBMITTER: Spoor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12342748 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature