The type of breast implant you have doesn't change your chances of needing it replaced

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If your breast implant is round or teardrop shape, and filled with saline or silicon, the chance of you needing surgery to fix problems with it remains the same, according to an Australian and Dutch study. The study, which combined data from international breast implant registries, found that complication-related revision rates were 6.3% for reconstructive surgery and 1.2% for cosmetic implants, with no significant differences in the rates of revisions between implant types at 5 years.

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Organisation/s: Monash University, The Alfred, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Netherlands

Funder: DrAhernreported fees for production from Mentor for device quality report from the Australian Breast Device Registry, laboratory fees fromMotiva forproductionofdevicequality report from Australian Breast Device Registry data, and fees for production from Med Spec Australia for TiLoop device quality report from Australian Breast Device Registry data outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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