Abstract
During the period of 1960s and 1970s, anew alloplastic material - Wichterle gel - was introduced in the field of plastic surgery. In 1961, aCzech scientist, prof. Otto Wichterle, had developed, along with his research team, ahydrophilic gel made of polymers, which fulfilled the high standards for prosthetic materials due to its hydrophilic, chemical, thermal and shape stability that provided abetter tolerance in the body compared with other hydrophobic gels. Plastic surgeons had started to use the gel for breast augmentations and reconstructions. Success of the gel had been reinforced due to its easy preoperative preparation. The material had been implanted during general anaesthesia via submammary approach over the muscle fixed with astitch to the fascia. Fixing corset bandage was applied after the surgery. The implanted material had proved to be suitable for postoperative processes with aminimum of complications. In the later postoperative period, however, serious complications occurred - mainly infections and calcifications. Long-term results are presented by case reports. Today, this material is no longer used and it is replaced by more modern implants.
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