Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis: Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center
Marc C. Hochberg, Robyn Miller, Fredrick Wigley
The objective was to determine the frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Female patients with a clinical diagnosis of SSc were identified from the registry of the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center, Washington D.C. Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation, and files of practicing rheumatologists in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. A pretested questionnaire was mailed to all eligible cases. Of 339 cases, 210 (62%) returned completed questionnaires. Three cases reported augmentation mammoplasty with silicone gel-filled prosthesis: 2 (1%) prior to and 1 (0.5%) after physician-diagnosis of SSc. The frequency of augmentation mammoplasty prior to physician-diagnosis of SSc of 9.5 per 1000 does not appear to differ from the expected frequency of 3.3-8.2 per 1000 derived from national population samples. A well-designed case-control study with population-based controls and adequate statistical power is being conducted to examine this possible association.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(94)00214-B
Silicone Gels
Prostheses and Implants
Systemic sclerosis
Hochberg, M. C., Miller, R., & Wigley, F. (1995). Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis: Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 48(4), 565-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(94)00214-B
Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis : Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. / Hochberg, Marc C.; Miller, Robyn; Wigley, Fredrick.
In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 48, No. 4, 1995, p. 565-569.
Hochberg, MC, Miller, R & Wigley, F 1995, 'Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis: Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 565-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(94)00214-B
Hochberg MC, Miller R, Wigley F. Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis: Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 1995;48(4):565-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(94)00214-B
Hochberg, Marc C. ; Miller, Robyn ; Wigley, Fredrick. / Frequency of augmentation mammoplasty in patients with systemic sclerosis : Data from the Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 1995 ; Vol. 48, No. 4. pp. 565-569.
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