Women’s health after plastic surgery

Abstract

No association was found between augmentation mammoplasty exposure and various connective tissue diseases and/or their related features. However, axillary adenopathy and low titre ANA were detected more frequently in the exposed cohort. Women with axillary adenopathy were more likely to have breast capsular contracture and report digital vasospasm post-dating surgery. Given comparable frequencies of higher titre ANA of both cohorts, the finding of elevations of low titre ANA is of dubious clinical significance.

Altered systemic serologic parameters in patients with silicone mammary implants

“…An increase in ANA-positive patients is the most frequently reported alteration in serum autoantibody content in SMI patients [26,27]. We found no significant difference in SMI patients compared to normal sera in this regard.…”

Augmentation mammoplasty and ‘silicone‐osis’

“…27 Specific to this paper was the concern about symptom reporting bias from exposed cohort patients, most of whom were aware of the breast implant health controversy from media sources, and many had apparently also been approached by litigation firms to join class action proceedings against breast implant manufacturers. As a result, several symptoms ('red herring' symptoms) not previously associated with ill health following breast augmentation were included among the symptoms allegedly associated with breast augmentation.…”

Toward International Harmonization of Breast Implant Registries: International Collaboration of Breast Registry Activities Global Common Data Set

“…A number of studies evaluated the possibility of a relationship between silicone gel-filled breast implants and connective tissues diseases. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Estimate of CTD differ. For example, the incidence of fibromyalgia is approximately 1,128 women per 100,000 women in the general population according to one study.…”