Table 2 Characteristics of breast implants in mastectomy-treated breast cancer patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Breast Implant Surveillance Study, 1983–1989 (n = 866)a
Silicone gel (n = 333) | Saline (n = 149) | Double lumen (n = 314) | Other (n = 33) | Unknown (n = 37) | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Prevalence of type | 38.4 | 17.2 | 36.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||||||
Implant removal status | |||||||||||
No known removal | 244 | 73.3 | 77 | 51.7 | 216 | 64.9 | 15 | 45.5 | 25 | 67.6 | 0.0001 |
Removed | 89 | 26.7 | 72 | 48.3 | 98 | 31.2 | 18 | 54.5 | 12 | 32.4 | |
Implant replacement status | |||||||||||
No known replacement | 262 | 78.7 | 87 | 58.4 | 237 | 75.4 | 17 | 51.5 | 26 | 70.3 | 0.0001 |
Replaced | 71 | 21.3 | 62 | 41.6 | 77 | 24.5 | 16 | 48.5 | 11 | 29.7 | |