A population-based study of breast implant illness.

Autor: Magno-Padron DA; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Luo J; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Jessop TC; University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Garlick JW; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Manum JS; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Carter GC; Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Agarwal JP; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Kwok AC; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of plastic surgery [Arch Plast Surg] 2021 Jul; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 353-360. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 15.
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2020.02117
Abstrakt: Background: Despite evidence supporting the safety of breast implants, some women associate their implants with adverse health effects and have called this syndrome "breast implant illness." We sought to characterize breast implant illness symptoms and to report how implant removal affects their symptoms.
Methods: An anonymous 20 question survey was administered to the Facebook group: "UTAH Breast Implant Illness" to characterize the symptoms these women attributed to their breast implants. Several questions allowed us to evaluate how implant removal affected women's symptoms.
Results: Of the 182 respondents, 97% report that implants negatively affect their health and 95% identify these symptoms with breast implant illness. Ninety-six percent of respondents had implants placed for cosmetic reasons and 51% had silicone implants. The most common symptoms associated with breast implant illness are brain fog (95%), fatigue (92%), joint pain (80%), and hair loss (74%). Sixty percent of respondents learned about breast implant illness from family/friends and/or social media platforms (56%), 40% of respondents had their implants removed, and 97% report relief of their symptoms post-removal (23% complete, 74% partial). Following explantation, there was a significant improvement in all but one reported symptom. An association was found between the number of symptoms reported prior to explantation and the number of symptoms resolving following explantation.
Conclusions: Breast implant illness is a syndrome characterized by fatigue, decreased focus, hair loss, and joint pain after the placement of breast implants. Nearly all patients report improvement of symptoms after implant removal. Significant efforts should be made to better understand breast implant illness and its etiology.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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