title: [Clinically analyzing the possible side-effects after injecting hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel as a soft-tissue filler].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the possible side-effects after injecting hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel for augmentation of the soft-tissue.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifteen patients with some side-effects after injecting the hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel had been undergoing for the treatment in our unit from 2000 to 2001. Their symptoms were analyzed and the specimen of the tissue was also removed for pathologic examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The major complaints of the patients after injecting hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel were feeling pain(60.00%), uncomfortable (13.33%), no cosmetic improvement results (33.33%), secondary deformity (20.00%), long-lasting swelling (6.67%), and nodules (80.00%). The pathologic examination was showing the capsule formation (53.33%), macrophagocyte infiltration (60.00%) and granuloma producing (20.00%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical application of the hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel may result in some serious side-effects. It should be cautious to the physicians who may apply the product for clinic use.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: You-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin-jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Fu-hua
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; C016680:polyacrylamide gels