Patient-reported systemic symptoms in women with silicone breast implants: a descriptive cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

An unknown portion of women with silicone breast implants (SBI) report development of systemic symptoms, recently named as 'breast implant illness (BII)'. We aim to describe the symptoms and characteristics of women with SBI reporting these systemic symptoms and compare the clinical course of women who chose to keep their implants, to women who had their implants removed.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

Specialised BII out-patient clinic at Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, from 2011 to 2020.

Participants

All women presenting to the BII clinic with SBI and systemic symptoms.

Results

467 women were included for baseline analyses and 398 women for follow-up. Most frequently reported systemic symptoms at baseline included fatigue (88%), a

SUBMITTER: Spit KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature