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. 2022 Apr 12;4:ojac025. doi: 10.1093/asjof/ojac025

Table 2.

Indications for Surgery

Indication Incidence
Capsular contracture and/or acquired breast deformity 638 (28.6%)
Mechanical implant complication/rupture 403 (18.1%)
Breast cancer and/or breast cancer recurrence 195 (8.7%)
“Breast reconstruction following mastectomy” 162 (7.3%)
Breast/nipple absence or hypoplasia 92 (4.1%)
Infection/inflammation 78 (3.5%)
Implant-related pain/mastodynia 73 (3.3%)
Implant fitting, adjustment, or explanation 67 (3.0%)
“Cosmetic surgery” 48(2.2)
Hematoma or seroma 24 (1.1%)
Implant displacement 18 (0.8%)
Ptosis/skin redundancy 11 (0.5%)
Disruption of surgical wound 7 (0.3%)
Fat necrosis/fibrosclerosis/skin fibrosis 6 (0.3%)
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma 2(0.1%)
Other/not specified 407 (18.2%)