Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

History and Development of Breast Implants

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery

  • 2768 Accesses

Abstract

There are various types of breast implants that can be categorized according to the characteristics of the material or the indications. They are developed to achieve the maximum benefit in terms of safety, functions and aesthetic appearance. Meta-analysis and controlled studies are still needed for many types of implants to confirm their safety and clinical outcomes. Moreover, manufactures should be bound by the same law and standards to control the quality of the product.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Cronin TD, Gerow FJ (1963) Augmentation mammaplasty: a new “natural feel” prosthesis. Excerpta medica foundation, Amsterdam, p 41

    Google Scholar 

  2. Scales JT (2004) Biological and mechanical factors in prosthetic surgery. In: Gilles L (ed) Modern trends in surgical material. Butterworth, London

    Google Scholar 

  3. Barnard JJ, Todd EL, Wilson WG, Mielcarek R, Rohrich RJ (1997) Distribution of organosilicon polymers in augmentation mammaplasties at autopsy. Plast Reconstr Surg 100:197–203

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Gaubitz M, Jackisch C, Domschke W, Heindel W, Pfleiderer B (2002) Silicone breast implants: correlation between implants ruptures, magnetic resonance spectroscopically estimated silicone presence in the liver, antibody status and clinical symptoms. Rheumatology (Oxford) 41:129–135

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Kessler DA (1992) The basis of FDA’s decision on breast implants. N Engl J Med 326:1713–1715

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Stevens WG, Hirsch EM, Stoker DA, Cohen R (2006) A comparison of 500 prefilled textured saline breast implants versus 500 standard textured saline breast implants: is there a difference in deflation rates? Plast Reconstr Surg 117:2175–2178; discussion 9–81

    Google Scholar 

  7. Handel N, Silverstein MJ, Jensen JA, Collins A, Zierk K (1991) Comparative experience with smooth and polyurethane breast implants using the Kaplan-Meier method of survival analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg 88:475–481

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Chan SC, Birdsell DC, Gradeen CY (1991) Urinary excretion of free toluenediamines in a patient with polyurethane-covered breast implants. Clin Chem 37:2143–2145

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Fagrell D, Berggren A, Tarpila E (2001) Capsular contracture around saline-filled fine textured and smooth mammary implants: a prospective 7.5-year follow-up. Plast Reconstr Surg 108:2108–2112

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Soubirac L, Jougla E, Hezard L, Grolleu JL, Chavoin JP (2002) Deflation of breast implants, pre-filled with saline or hydrogel. Results an analysis of 650 treated patients. Ann Chir Plast Esthet 47:273–279

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Little JW, Golembe EV, Fisher JB (1981) The “living bra” in immediate and delayed reconstruction of the breast following mastectomy for malignant and nonmalignant disease. Plast Reconstr Surg 68:392

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Heneghan C (2012) The saga of poly implant prosthese breast implants. BMJ 344:e306

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Panettiere P, Marchetti L, Accorsi D (2004) Rotation of anatomic prostheses: a possible cause of breast deformity. Aesthetic Plast Surg 28:348–353

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Smahel J (1978) Tissue reactions to breast implant coated with polyurethane. Plast Reconstr Surg 61:80–85

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Benoit FM (1993) Degradrations of polyurethane foams used in Meme breast implants. J Biomed Mater Res 27:1341

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Vazquez G, Pellon A (2007) Polyurethane-coated silicone gel breast implants used for 18 years. Aesthet Plast Surg 31:330–336

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Hernandez-Richter T, Wittmann B, Wittmann F, Loehe F, Rentsch M, Mayr S et al (2007) Titanium-coated silicone is not effective for preventing graft infection. Zentralbl Chir 132:32–37

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Cordeiro PG, Pusic AL, Disa JJ, McCormick B, VanZee K (2004) Which is the best position for the remote injection dome using the adjustable expander/prosthesis in breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 113:877–881

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Sergotti TJ, Limoli JP, Baldwin CM Jr, Laub DR (1986) Human adjuvant disease, possible autoimmune disease after silicone implantation: a review of the literature, case studies and speculation for the future. Plast Reconstr Surg 78:104–114

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Ferguson JH (1997) Silicone breast implants and neurologic disorders. Neurology 48:1504–1507

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Hochberg MC (1996) Lack of association between augmentation mammaplasty and systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). Arthritis Rheum 39:1125–1131

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Friis S, Mellemkjaer L, McLaughlin JK et al (1997) Connective tissue disease and other rheumatic conditions following breast implants in Denmark. Ann Plast Surg 39:1–8

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Sanchez-Guerrero J (1995) Silicone breast implants and the risk of connective tissue disease and symptoms. N Engl J Med 332:1667–1670

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Sherine G, O’Fallon WM, Kurland LT et al (1994) Risk of connective tissue diseases and other disorders after breast implantation. N Engl J Med 330:1697–1702

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. Miller AS, Willard V, Kline K et al (1998) Absence of longitudinal changes in rheumatological parameters after silicone breast implantation: a prospective 13 year study. Plast Reconstr Surg 102:2299–2303

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Nyren O, Yin L, Josefsson S et al (1998) Risk of connective tissue disease and related disorders among women with breast implants: a nation-wide retrospective cohort study in Sweden. Br Med J 316:417–422

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Petit JY, Le MG, Mouriesse H, Rietjens M, Gill P, Contesso G, Lehmann A (1994) Can breast reconstruction with gel-filled silicone implants increase the risk of death and second primary cancer in patients treated by mastectomy for breast cancer? Plast Reconstr Surg 94:115–119

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Petit JY, Le MG, Rietjens M, Contesso G, Lehmann A, Mouriesse H (1998) Does long-term exposure to gel-filled silicone implants increase the risk of relapse after breast cancer? Tumori 84:525–528

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Berkel H, Birdsell DC, Jenkins H (1992) Breast augmentation: a risk factor for breast cancer? N Engl J Med 326:1649

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Deapen DM, Pike MC, Casagrande JT et al (1986) The relationship between breast cancer and augmentation mammaplasty: an epidemiologic study. Plast Reconstr Surg 77:548

    Google Scholar 

  31. Deapen DM, Brody GS (1992) Augmentation mammaplasty and breast cancer: a 5-years update of the Los Angeles Study. Plast Reconstr Surg 89:660

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Marotta JS, Goldberg EP, Habal MB, Amery DP, Martin PJ, Urbaniak DJ, Widenhouse CW (2002) Silicone gel breast implant failure: evaluation of properties of shells and gels for explanted prostheses and meta-analysis of literature rupture data. Ann Plast Surg 49:227–247

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Ikeda DM, Borofsky HB, Herfkens RJ, Sawyer-glover AM, Birdwell RL, Glover GH (1999) Silicone breast implant rupture: pitfalls of magnetic resonance imaging and relative efficacies of magnetic resonance, mammography and ultrasounds. Plast Reconstr Surg 104:2054

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Pfleiderer B, Campbell T, Hulka CA et al (1996) Silicone Gel-filled breast implants in women: findings at H-1 MR spectroscopy. Radiology 201:777–783

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Gaubitz M, Jackisch C, Domschke W, Heindel W, Pfleiderer B (2002) Silicone breast implants: correlation between implant ruptures, magnetic resonance spectroscopically estimated silicone presence in the liver, antibody status and clinical symptoms. Rheumatology 41:129–135

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Spear SL, Baker JL Jr (1995) Classification of capsular contracture after prosthetic breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 96:1119–1123

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Carillon MA, Giard S, Emmanuelli V, Houpeau JL, Ceugnart L, Chauvet MP (2012) Breast implants and health alert PIP: experience of the regional cancer center of Lille. Bull Cancer 99:147–153

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Mario Rietjens

  2. Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Division, Breast Unit, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil

    Cícero Urban

  3. Breast Unit, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal

    Marco Aurélio da Costa Vieira

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Visnu Lohsiriwat

Authors
  1. Mario Rietjens
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Marco Aurélio da Costa Vieira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Cícero Urban
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Visnu Lohsiriwat
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mario Rietjens .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. , BreastUnit, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Gracas, Rua Padre Agostinho 913 ap 51, Curitiba, 80430050, Brazil

    Cicero Urban

  2. , Plastic and Reconstructive Division, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti, 435, Milan, 20100, Italy

    Mario Rietjens

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer-Verlag Italia

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Rietjens, M., da Costa Vieira, M.A., Urban, C., Lohsiriwat, V. (2013). History and Development of Breast Implants. In: Urban, C., Rietjens, M. (eds) Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2652-0_20

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2652-0_20

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Milano

  • Print ISBN: 978-88-470-2651-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-88-470-2652-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation