Xeromammography--a reason for using saline-filled breast prostheses.
In 5 patients, silicone gel implants obscurred the image, while in 5 patients with saline-filled implants a good 3-dimensional examination of the breast was possible with xeromammography. If saline-filled implants routinely allow better cancer diagnostic surveillance than do silicone gel implants, this should be considered by the surgeon at the time he does an augmentation mammaplasty.
D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012828:Silicones; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014984:Xeromammography
D012828:Silicones; D012965:Sodium Chloride