title: Silicone gel mammary prostheses: immune pathologies and breastfeeding.
abstract: Augmentation mammoplasty is the most frequent request among esthetic surgery procedures but numerous controversies have been raised about the security of the silicone gel prostheses. Today a new question needs an answer: is the prosthesis a risk factor for pregnancy? In this paper the results of a hematochemical study performed on a group of patients with term pregnancies and silicone gel breast implants (group A) compared with a control group without implants (B) are described. For laboratory screening the valuation of antibody (TRIM) and silicone concentrations in blood and maternal milk and in neonate blood was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoccali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lomartire
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mascaretti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuliani