The use of intraoperative oxygen-ozone therapy to prevent capsular contracture in breast augmentation

Carlo Gasperoni; Paolo Gasperoni; M. Stella Malavenda

doi:10.4081/ozone.2018.7740

The use of intraoperative oxygen-ozone therapy to prevent capsular contracture in breast augmentation

https://doi.org/10.4081/ozone.2018.7740

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018)

Submitted: 4 August 2018
Accepted: 4 September 2018

Published: 13 September 2018

Breast augmentation, Oxygen-ozone therapy, Capsular contracture, Risk factors.

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Authors

Carlo Gasperoni Private Sugery Practice, Rome, Italy; Private Sugery Practice, Lugano, Switzerland.
Paolo Gasperoni
p.gasperoni@libero.it
Private Sugery Practice, Rome, Italy.
M. Stella Malavenda "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.

Capsular contracture is the most frequent complication in breast augmentation. It has multifactorial aetiology but biofilm is suggested to have a central role in the capsular contracture pathogenesis. To sterilize the breast cavity and the implant after insertion we decided to use a mixture of oxygen and ozone, using ozone sterilizing properties with no subsequent contamination related to manipulation.

Gasperoni, C., Gasperoni, P., & Malavenda, M. S. (2018). The use of intraoperative oxygen-ozone therapy to prevent capsular contracture in breast augmentation. Ozone Therapy, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ozone.2018.7740