| Australian women to get metal breast implants |
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| Wednesday, 25 April 2007 | |
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A new implant has ben developed in France using a titanium mesh, and trials have commenced with 3000 women expected to receive the implant. Doctors believe that the titanium mesh will strengthen the implant and reduce incidents of capsular contracture because the breast tissue will not react to the titanium. The leader of the study, Dr. Daniel Fleming, has already reported that the initial results from the first 80 patients to receive the implants since last November were very positive, with only one report of post-surgical complications. "Capsular contracture is a significant problem in the industry and it's one we've had difficulty solving so it's exciting to try to find new ways to avoid it," said Dr Fleming. Capsular contraction occurs when breast tissue reacts to the implant by contracting and squashing it, making the implant over-firm and distorting the shape of the breast. In some cases, the degree of firming can be relatively moderate, but severe cases result in the implant becoming rock hard and painful, requiring corrective surgery. The new implants to be used in the trial aim to overcome this problem by coating their standard silicone gel with an invisible microscopic layer of titanium, a metal that is also used in bone screws and hip replaements. "The idea is when we put a titanium implant inside a patient the body sees the titanium, not the silicon, and it won't react, but we don't know if this is completely the case yet," Dr Fleming said. To the disappointment of airport security staff in Australia, he said that the titanium mesh will not set off airport metal detectors. |
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