Retrospective chart review investigates scarring disorders and surgical techniques impacting capsular contracture in breast augmentation, indicating surgical benefit.
Key Points
This study examines the relationship between aberrant scarring disorders, surgical techniques, and the development of capsular contracture in breast augmentation.
Retrospective chart review of 270 patients undergoing breast augmentation at a single institution.
Data collected on history of aberrant scarring and surgical techniques used, including Fisher exact test for statistical significance.
Cox regression analysis compared capsular contracture development with and without hypertrophic skin conditions.
29 patients (10.7%) developed clinically significant capsular contracture within 2 years of surgery.
No significant correlation was found between abnormal scarring conditions and capsular contracture incidence.
Keller Funnel use was significantly more common in patients without capsular contracture (P < 0.01).