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High complication rates have been well-documented. A Mayo Clinic study in the United States, for example, found that 25% of women with breast implants suffered local complications requiring additional surgery within five years. Studies by implant manufacturers in the U.S. have reported that most reconstruction patients and a large proportion of augmentation patients report at least one serious complication within three years. In addition, there were 103,343 adverse reaction reports regarding silicone breast implants and 23,454 reports for saline implants received by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration between 1985 and 1996.
A new study by researchers at the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health in British Columbia finds relatively high complication rates for breast implantation in Canada as well. Data collected from a study group of 147 women who had undergone breast implant surgery were compared to data from a non-implant comparison group (583 women). The study reported that women who have or have had breast implants:
• visited doctors and specialists significantly more often.
• were more than four times as likely to be hospitalized, and
• experienced more hospitalizations over the study period than women without implants.http://www.breastimplantinfo.org/what_know/bihlthcomp.htmland: How long breast implants last
It is unpredictable how long an implant will last. Some implants break within a few days, weeks, or months, while others last for many years.
Like most new products, most implants seem fine for the first few years. Think of implants as being as reliable as a car – problems can happen anytime, but the older they get, the more problems you are likely to have.
The FDA found that by the time a woman has implants for 10 years, at least one of them has broken. However, it is not always obvious.http://www.breastimplantinfo.org/what_know/before_you_get.html
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