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Deflation
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Deflation
The rupture of a breast implant, which is abrupt, obvious and harmless with saline, and slower, less obvious and fibrosing (scarring) with silicone
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Unlike saline implant rupture, which is readily apparent on physical exam, silicone implant rupture can be difficult to identify.
Clinical indications for breast MRI by Argus, Amy; Mahoney, Mary C. / Applied Radiology
Just like anything else, this could also sometimes cause problems like general anesthesia mistakes, breast implant ruptures which could be life threatening, sepsis or infection, difficulty in detection of breast abnormalities and tumors through mammography but sub-muscular implants are makes detection less difficult.
Breast Augmentation, Should I Do It? by Dr. Jay Calvert / Health, general community
This is a substantial expense, and MRIs to detect implant rupture are almost never covered by health insurance, even for women with implants after a mastectomy.
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