scholarly journals BREAST IMPLANT RUPTURE AS A COMPLICATION OF HEART SURGERY IN MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Nisi ◽  
M. Campana ◽  
L. Grimaldi ◽  
C. Brandi ◽  
R. Cuomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Reconstruction ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Breast Implant ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Median Sternotomy ◽  
Open Heart ◽  
Implant Rupture ◽  
Silicone Gel ◽  
Breast Implant Rupture

The authors report a case of a woman who underwent heart surgery in median sternotomy after breast reconstruction using prosthesis in 1984. After this open heart surgery in 2008, she developed an injury at right breast implant with intra and extra capsular silicone gel spread out the prosthesis.

scholarly journals Thoracic migration of silicone gel after breast implant rupture: a case report and literature review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetta Fanelli ◽  
Marco Marcasciano ◽  
Stefano Lovero ◽  
Luca Codolini ◽  
Donato Casella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Reconstruction ◽  
Biological Membrane ◽  
Breast Implant ◽  
Granulomatous Inflammation ◽  
Breast Implants ◽  
Silicone Implants ◽  
Axillary Lymph ◽  
Implant Rupture ◽  
Silicone Gel ◽  
Breast Implant Rupture

AbstractNowadays silicone is a widespread material for medical devices. In particular, it is commonly used for implants manufacturing, for that patients undergoing breast augmentation or breast reconstruction after mastectomy. However, the use of silicone implants is not free from risks. Ruptures of silicone breast implants are uncommon, in general post-traumatic or iatrogenic, and usually related to implant’s wall weakness of unknown origin but probably due to biochemical reactions that cause wall rupture. As a consequence of a rupture, silicone gel from damaged implants may have a continuity migration to the chest wall, axillae, and upper extremities, resulting in granulomatous inflammation or siliconoma, or a lymphatic migration to axillary lymph nodes. In this regard, silicone thoracic migration is extremely rare, and nowadays a leakage is unlikely to happen with more modern cohesive silicone gel implants. Nevertheless, procedures such as thoracic surgery and thoracotomies may be responsible for accidental breast implant rupture, capsular discontinuity, and eventually intrathoracic silicone migration, especially when dealing with older generations of breast implants. We report a rare case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with pleural silicone effusion, 18 years after a right breast reconstruction for breast cancer, followed by right upper lobe resection for a lung carcinoma. A combination of muscular flap and DTI pre-pectoral breast reconstruction with biological membrane (ADM) has been used for treatment. Literature was reviewed for cases of breast implants free silicone localization in the chest cavity, focusing on previous surgeries, anamnestic relevances, and surgical management.Level of Evidence: Level V, risk/prognostic study.

Silicone Gel Breast Implant Rupture Rates: Research Issues

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph R. Cook ◽  
Steven J. Bowlin ◽  
James M. Curtis ◽  
Susan J. Hoshaw ◽  
Patti J. Klein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Implant ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Implant Rupture ◽  
Silicone Gel ◽  
Breast Implant Rupture

Cardiac Compression due to Closure of the Median Sternotomy in Open Heart Surgery

CHEST Journal ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Riahi ◽  
Luis A. Tomatis ◽  
Ralph J. Schlosser ◽  
Enrique Bertolozzi ◽  
Daniel W. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Median Sternotomy ◽  
Open Heart ◽  
Cardiac Compression

Shur-Clens: An Agent to Remove Silicone Gel After Breast Implant Rupture

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
George J. Bitar ◽  
Diem B. Nguyen ◽  
Laura K. Knox ◽  
Mohammed I. Dahman ◽  
Raymond F. Morgan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Implant ◽  
Implant Rupture ◽  
Silicone Gel ◽  
Breast Implant Rupture

Ability of Dual-Energy CT to Detect Silicone Gel Breast Implant Rupture and Nodal Silicone Spread

2019 ◽  
Vol 212 (4) ◽  
pp. 933-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina N. Glazebrook ◽  
Stefan Doerge ◽  
Shuai Leng ◽  
Tammy A. Drees ◽  
Katie N. Hunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Implant ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Dual Energy Ct ◽  
Implant Rupture ◽  
Silicone Gel ◽  
Breast Implant Rupture

Aorto-Innominate Vein Fistula: A Rare Complication following Open-Heart Surgery

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Lokeswara Rao Sajja ◽  
Satyanarayana Rao Pinnamaneni ◽  
Madhusudan Kandukuri Narasimha ◽  
Chinna Reddy Naresh Kumar Reddy ◽  
Benjavani Sita Ram Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Cardiopulmonary Bypass ◽  
Heart Surgery ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Open Heart Surgery ◽  
Median Sternotomy ◽  
Innominate Vein ◽  
Moderate Hypothermia ◽  
Open Heart

A case of aorto-innominate vein fistula following open-heart surgery is reported. This was successfully repaired through a redo median sternotomy using partial cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia.

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