Guest guest Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 The capsule is the scar tissue that forms around the implant, and it contains a lot of sloughed off silicone. In silicone implants, it also contains gel bleed. Lynda At 05:58 AM 4/27/2004, you wrote: >Then hopefully I'll be quiet for the rest of the week. Sorry for all >of my queries. > >- When the en bloc explant 'removes the capsule', is that the >silicone capsule of the implant or ??? I know a pocket was created >behind my muscle for the implant but when I read that the capsule >must come out, I thought the entire implant came out (capsule and >gel/saline) > >- why not trans-axillary explant? If the patient wants the saline >implant out, doesn't want a lift, why not a trans-axillary incision >to drain the implant and pull out the capsule? > >I understand that it is important to remove any migrated silicone and >the trans-axillary doesn't afford a whole lot of insight into the >pocket to work...but what if an asymptomatic patient opted for >explant via trans-axillary? > >TIA! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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