Where the PIP is the implant?

Autor: Bruintjes MH; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Schouten C; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Fabré J; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., van den Wildenberg FJ; Department of General Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Wijnberg DS; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: davidwijnberg@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS [J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg] 2014 Aug; Vol. 67 (8), pp. 1148-50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Feb 04.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.01.035
Abstrakt: A 51-year-old woman, who had previous breast augmentation and a video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung, underwent breast implant replacement of Poly Implant Protheses (PIP) due to a loss of volume on the right side of the chest. During this procedure, no implant was found in the right subpectoral space; however, a large defect was observed in the fifth intercostal space. A computed tomography scan of the chest indicated a circular entity in the right pleural cavity, which was confirmed to be the lost implant during a subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
(Copyright © 2014 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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