An Ultrasound-Assisted Approach to an Early Detection of Complications of an Implant-Based Augmentation Mammaplasty using the BellaGel® SmoothFine: Preliminary 3-year Clinical Experience

Abstract

Background: Selection of optimal types of breast implants is an essential factor that determines the degree of patients’ satisfaction with outcomes of augmentation mammaplasty, for which an evidence-based approach to it is mandatory. Several studies have supported the safety of the BellaGel® SmoothFine (HansBiomed Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea), a silicone gel-filled breast implant from a Korean manufacturer. But such studies have been conducted in a manufacturer-sponsored setting. We therefore conducted this non-manufacturer-sponsored, retrospective study to assess its 3-year safety outcomes in Korean women.