Medical Specialist Care Utilization Prior to the Explantation of Cosmetic Silicone Breast Implants: A Nationwide Retrospective Data Linkage Study.

Background: Explantation is the proposed treatment for breast implant illness (BII). Little is known about which medical specialists are visited and what diagnoses are made before explantation is provided as the treatment.

Objectives: This study investigated medical specialist care utilization in women with cosmetic breast implants who underwent explantation compared to women who chose breast implant replacement surgery and to women without breast implants.

Prevalence of Local Postoperative Complications and Breast Implant Illness in Women With Breast Implants.

Importance: It is unknown how often breast implant illness (BII) is the indication for revision in women with silicone breast implants.

Objective: To examine how often women with silicone breast implants have their implants explanted or replaced because of BII compared with local postoperative complications.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A legacy cohort study on breast implant revision surgery was conducted between April 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020, and a prospective cohort study on breast implantation and revision surgery was conducted between April 1, 2015, and December 31, 2019 (with follow-up until December 31, 2020).