Anatomical Breast Implants

Teardrop Implants, Contour Profile Implants and BioCurve Implants

Anatomical breast implants were invented to create a more natural looking breast shape by creating a tear-dropped shape implant. Anatomical implants are manufactured by both Inamed (formerly McGhan) and Mentor.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION FROM DR. TEBBETTS

The largest study ever published of anatomic saline breast implants. A study of 609 patients with up to 5 year followup:

Not a single patient of the 609 patients required reoperation for a rotated or malpositioned implant
Not a single patient of the 609 patients developed a seroma
Rates of other complications were extremely low, the lowest currently reported for anatomic saline implants:
Capsular contracture- less than 1%
Implant deflations- less than 1% (with patient follow-up of 6 months to 5 years)
All reasons for reoperations combined: 2.8% over 5 years
Infection: 1 in 609 cases
Hematoma: 1 in 609 cases

Comparison of Tebbetts, Inamed (formerly McGhan) , and Mentor Data 2000

Parameter Studied	Tebbetts Study	Inamed (formerly McGhan) Study	Mentor Study

Number of patients	609	901	1264

Length of follow-up	Up to 5 years	Up to 3 years	Up to 3 years

Additional procedures performed Reoperations	17 of 609 pts. 2.8% at 5 years	402 procedures in 901 patients 44.6% at 3 years [21% at 3 years]	358 procedures in 1264 patients 28% at 3 years [13%]

Implant deflation	0.74% of implants	3% of implants	3% of implants

Capsular contracture	0.98% of pts, 0.66% of breasts	9% of patients 6% of breasts	9% of patients 7% of breasts

Visible wrinkling requiring reoperation*	0% of patients	11% of patients	21% of patients

Infection	0.16% of patients	3% of patients	2% of patients

Hematoma	0.16% of patients	2% of patients	? Not reported

Seroma	0% of patients	3% of patients	? Not reported

Implant malposition requiring reoperation	0 of 609= 0%	19 patients 5% of patients	29 patients 8%

Breast lift required after augmentation	0 of 609 patients 0%	28 patients 7% of reoperations	23 patients 6% of reoperations

* The Tebbetts study includes all additional operations required over a 5 year period, while the Mentor and Inamed (formerly McGhan) studies report additional operations for only 3 years.

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