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  • Biomechanical Engineering
  • Trauma Research
  • Plastic Surgery

Background:

  • Breast implants enhance aesthetics and minimize injury from penetrating trauma.
  • Motor vehicle crashes (MVC) commonly cause blunt thoracic injuries, including rib and sternum fractures.
  • The protective effect of breast implants in blunt traumatic injury, specifically MVC, remains unexamined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential protective effect of breast implants in low-speed, unrestrained motor vehicle crashes (MVC).
  • To quantify the impact of breast implants on pressure distribution at the neo-chest wall during simulated blunt trauma.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve control (medical gel) and twelve implant (medical gel with embedded breast implant) blocks were tested.
  • Blocks were subjected to load simulating a low-speed (10 mph) MVC.
  • Colormetric pressure film measured pressure at the neo-chest wall; maximum and average pressures were compared between groups.

Main Results:

  • The presence of a breast implant significantly decreased maximum pressure by 22.8% (333.0 ± 58.7 psi vs 431.6 ± 37.3 psi, p=0.0006).
  • Average pressure on the neo-chest wall was also significantly reduced by 28.1% in the implant group (53.4 ± 5.6 psi vs 74.3 ± 15.7 psi, p=0.0017).
  • Subjective analysis corroborated a reduction in pressure with implants.

Conclusions:

  • Breast implants demonstrably decrease maximum and average pressures at the chest wall during simulated low-speed MVC.
  • Patients with breast implants may experience reduced risk of rib/sternum fractures and thoracic injury in low-speed MVC.
  • Further research is warranted to confirm these findings in clinical settings.