This study has been the culmination of research that Dr. Adams has done
since 1996. The original publications were in 2000 and
2001 and then in Fall/ Winter of 2005 the clinical study
confirming advances in breast augmentation and breast implants for
aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery.
Enhancing
Patient Outcomes in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery using Triple
Antibiotic Breast Irrigation - 6 year Prospective Clinical Study
Adams, Rios, Smith, Plast Reconstr Surg.,
January 2006.

Capsular contracture
remains the most common implant related complication in breast augmentation
and breast lift procedures involving breast implants. Dr. William P. Adams,
Jr, MD is publishing a landmark study in the January
2006 issue of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, the premier Plastic Surgery journal in the specialty
worldwide. “This study culminates the past 8 years of work we have done on
capsular contracture and how we can make breast augmentation and breast
implant procedures safer and better for patients” says Dr. Adams the Dallas
based breast specialist. Dr. Adams and his colleagues have previously
published recommendations to minimize capsular contracture using defined
combinations of antibiotic solutions and refined techniques. “These
previous studies were in vitro (test tube) studies and the November
publication reviews the 6 year clinical results in patients using these
techniques,” says. Adams, “The results demonstrate that the patients in this
study had a 4-5 fold lower capsular contracture rate than the best data
compiled for FDA breast implant clinical trials.”
The
benefits to potential patients for both aesthetic and reconstructive breast
surgery are significant. The study also demonstrated that in addition to
the reduction in capsular contracture the overall patient re-operation
rates were 2.8% compared to 15-20% seen in PMA breast implant clinical
trials over the past 2 decades. “Using these advances in breast implant
patients can have better and safer results including reduced