Abstract

MORETTI, E. A.  and  GALLO, S.. Lower limb trombophlebitis post-rupture of silicone calf augmentation implant. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2007, vol.33, n.3, pp.171-175. ISSN 1989-2055.

Correction of lower limbs for cosmetic purpose with silicone implants is not a practice free of com- plications. Most of them are described in the inme- diate postoperative and are related to infections. The capsular contraction is not a frecuent cause of com- plaint because the hardness does not worry the patients. That is the reason why later complicatones are not frecuently described. We present a 44 years old female patient with sili- cone calf implants that had been operated 8 years ago. She consulted because of lower limb trombophlebitis and spontaneous rupture of the implant. We described the clinical case, study procedures and treatment to resolve this complication.

Keywords : Thrombophlebitis; Lower limb; Implants.

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