title: Nineteen years' experience with polyurethane foam-covered mammary prosthesis: a preliminary report.
abstract: Long-term reviews of patients undergoing augmentation mammaplasty seem to be rare. Recently, a long-term study of patients who had undergone augmentation with polyurethane foam-covered prostheses was undertaken. However, at the time that study was published, the longest follow-up was just over 4 years. We have been using the polyurethane-coated prosthesis almost exclusively for nearly 20 years. The procedure is performed by one surgeon using a consistent technique, and all implantations were retroglandular. In reviewing this series, a follow-up rate of nearly 60% was achieved in patients augmented for periods of 1 to 19 years. The length of this study, together with a high follow-up compliance rate, makes this an unusual contribution to the literature on augmentation mammaplasty.
authors.affiliation: St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Western Australia.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cohney
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cohney
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Hearne
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011140:Polyurethanes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011140:Polyurethanes; C028279:polyurethane foam