Guest Editor(s)

• Dr. Honghua Hu

  Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

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• Dr. Jia-Ming Sun

  Department of plastic surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

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• Dr. Maria Mempin

  Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

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Special Issue Introduction

Breast implantation either for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes is one of the most common procedures performed in plastic surgery. Breast implant-associated complications has often been reported and severe complications required revision surgery for explantation. This special issue is focused on the risk factors, aetiopathogenesis and prevention of breast implant complications, including breast implant-associated illness, implant rupture, leaking, adverse immune response, autoimmune disease, infection, biofilm, capsular contracture (CC), and breast implant-associated - anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), with special attention to risk factors, pathogenesis and prevention of CC and BIA-ALCL.

Keywords

Breast implant, silicone, textured implant, implantation, implant surface, complications, implant rupture, leaking, illness, adverse immune response, autoimmune disease, infection, biofilm, capsular contracture, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, seroma, cancer, bacterial contamination, plastic surgery, risk factor, diagnosis, pathogenesis, prevention, treatment

Submission Deadline

30 Jun 2020

Submission Information

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Submission Deadline: 30 Jun 2020
Contacts: Smart Zhang, Managing Editor, Smart@parjournal.net