[Experience with the surgical correction of the breasts using elastic silicon implants]

The paper describes the experience of prosthetics of the mammary glands with "Dow Corning" silicon implants. Operations performed on 26 patients with congenital defects of the mammary gland, postlactational involution and also in order to make the plasty of a defect after subcutaneous mastectomies and extended sectorial resection, have shown that silicon endoprostheses can be successfully employed in such cases. The procedures not only corrected the patient's figure but also contributed to the social and psychic rehabilitation of the patients.