Natrelle Silicone Breast Implant Follow-Up Study: Demographics, Lifestyle, and Surgical Characteristics of More Than 50,000 Augmentation Subjects.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large, multicenter, 10-year observational study is being conducted to compare the long-term safety and effectiveness of Natrelle silicone breast implants with saline implants or national norms. Study baseline data and surgical characteristics are reported here.

Methods

Women seeking primary augmentation, revision-augmentation, primary reconstruction, or revision-reconstruction participated. Eligible subjects had completed surgery and received one implant or matching implants. Baseline demographics, health, lifestyle, and surgical characteristics were recorded. Data are presented here for subjects (≥22 years old) who underwent primary augmentation or revision-augmentation.

Results

Of 50,979 subjects who underwent augmentation procedures, 35,756 received si

SUBMITTER: Singh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5412600 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature