TY - JOUR

T1 - Incidence of silicone breast implant rupture

AU - Hölmich, Lisbet R

AU - Friis, Søren

AU - Fryzek, Jon P

AU - Vejborg, Ilse M

AU - Conrad, Carsten

AU - Sletting, Susanne

AU - Kjøller, Kim

AU - McLaughlin, Joseph K

AU - Olsen, Jørgen H

PY - 2003/7

Y1 - 2003/7

N2 - HYPOTHESIS: The incidence of silicone breast implant rupture varies with implantation time and type of implant.OBJECTIVE: To measure the incidence of implant rupture by repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) among women with silicone breast implants.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In 1999, 271 women who had received breast implants at least 3 years before, and who were randomly chosen from a larger cohort of women with cosmetic breast implants, underwent a baseline MRI. A second MRI was performed in 2001; 317 silicone implants (in 186 women) that were intact at the baseline MRI (n = 280) or were intact at baseline but removed before the second MRI (n = 37) were included in the rupture incidence analyses.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Implants were diagnosed with definite or possible rupture. Crude and implant age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated, and implant survival was estimated based on the observed rupture rates.RESULTS: We found 33 definite ruptures (10%) and 23 possible ruptures (7%) during the 2-year period. The overall rupture incidence rate for definite ruptures was 5.3 ruptures/100 implants per year (95% confidence interval, 4.0-7.0). The rupture rate increased significantly with increasing implant age. Double-lumen implants were associated with substantially lower rupture risk than single-lumen implants. For modern implants intact 3 years after implantation, we estimated rupture-free survival of 98% at 5 years and 83% to 85% at 10 years.CONCLUSIONS: The risk of implant rupture increases with implant age. A minimum of 15% of modern implants can be expected to rupture between the third and tenth year after implantation.

AB - HYPOTHESIS: The incidence of silicone breast implant rupture varies with implantation time and type of implant.OBJECTIVE: To measure the incidence of implant rupture by repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) among women with silicone breast implants.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In 1999, 271 women who had received breast implants at least 3 years before, and who were randomly chosen from a larger cohort of women with cosmetic breast implants, underwent a baseline MRI. A second MRI was performed in 2001; 317 silicone implants (in 186 women) that were intact at the baseline MRI (n = 280) or were intact at baseline but removed before the second MRI (n = 37) were included in the rupture incidence analyses.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Implants were diagnosed with definite or possible rupture. Crude and implant age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated, and implant survival was estimated based on the observed rupture rates.RESULTS: We found 33 definite ruptures (10%) and 23 possible ruptures (7%) during the 2-year period. The overall rupture incidence rate for definite ruptures was 5.3 ruptures/100 implants per year (95% confidence interval, 4.0-7.0). The rupture rate increased significantly with increasing implant age. Double-lumen implants were associated with substantially lower rupture risk than single-lumen implants. For modern implants intact 3 years after implantation, we estimated rupture-free survival of 98% at 5 years and 83% to 85% at 10 years.CONCLUSIONS: The risk of implant rupture increases with implant age. A minimum of 15% of modern implants can be expected to rupture between the third and tenth year after implantation.

KW - Adult

KW - Breast Implants

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Incidence

KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

KW - Prevalence

KW - Proportional Hazards Models

KW - Prosthesis Failure

KW - Risk Factors

KW - Rupture, Spontaneous

KW - Silicone Gels

U2 - 10.1001/archsurg.138.7.801

DO - 10.1001/archsurg.138.7.801

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 12860765

VL - 138

SP - 801

EP - 806

JO - JAMA Surgery

JF - JAMA Surgery

SN - 2168-6254

IS - 7

ER -