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If you read between the lines...it specifically says that there is

silicon in the capsule of saline implanted woman.....then it says

they are not trying to say their is a correlation between this and

the illnesses.! Of course it also says the same about silicone...but

we know this. I know we all know it about the saline too...but here

is the proof...in the New England Journal of Medicine.....

Where is Sherry????

Smiles,

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Plast Reconstr Surg, October 1, 1996; 98(5): 798-803.

Silicon analysis of breast and periprosthetic capsular tissue from

patients with saline or silicone gel breast implants.

PL Schnur, J Weinzweig, JB , TP Moyer, PM Petty, D Nixon, and

JP McConnell

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic,

sdale, Ariz., USA.

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MEDLINE ABSTRACT

The ubiquitousness of silicon is well known. Recent work has

demonstrated measurable baseline levels of silicon in nonaugmented

cadavers, subsequent to numerous reports of significant elevations

of such levels within patients with silicone breast implants and

even more reports alleging a causal relation between silicone gel

prostheses and connective-tissue diseases. Despite the lack of

scientifically substantiated data that such a relation exists, the

calamitous silicone breast implant controversy has ensued. Saline-

filled breast implants are constructed with a silicone elastomer

envelope that remains in direct contact with periprosthetic capsular

tissue following implantation. Although there is no evidence to link

saline implants with any disorders, it is important to know if

saline breast implants contribute any silicon to human body baseline

silicon levels. The present study measured tissue silicon levels in

28 breasts of 16 patients with saline-filled implants to determine

if the silicone envelope of these prostheses can contribute to the

elevation of such levels. These data were compared with data from

116 breasts of 65 patients with silicone gel-filled prostheses as

well as breast tissue from 17 patients (controls) who had never been

exposed to either type of implant. Samples of breast tissue and

periprosthetic capsular tissue were obtained from patients with both

intact and ruptured implants. Silicon levels of breast tissue

specimens from patients with saline-filled implants were within the

range of the controls if the implants were intact. Silicon levels in

periprosthetic capsular tissue from patients with intact saline-

filled implants were significantly higher than controls (p < 0.02);

however, they were still 100-fold less than capsular tissue levels

from patients with intact gel-filled implants. Silicon levels

measured in both types of tissue were significantly elevated in

patients with silicone gel-filled implants compared with controls (p

< 0.01). In the case of ruptured gel implants, breast tissue

demonstrated higher silicon levels than did similar specimens from

patients with intact implants (p < 0.054); periprosthetic capsular

tissue levels also were elevated, although the differences were not

statistically significant (p = 0.54). These findings are independent

of the implant brand or length of exposure to the particular

prosthesis. The finding of elevated levels of silicon in both breast

and periprosthetic capsular tissue in patients with silicone gel-

filled implants in no way implies or substantiates any claim of a

causal relationship between silicone and any reported illnesses.

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