Whats the Percentage of Something Going Wrong in a Breast Implant Procedure?

The numbers were summarized nicely for you below. The bottom line is that most of these surgeries go very well, but there is always the chance for a complication in any operation. The main thing here is for you to ask your surgeon what their particular complication rates are. If you trust your surgeon then you have to leave the rest to fate. By and large most of these cases go without a hitch. 

With any surgery there are risk and complications.  There are many ways of going about understanding the operation as well as the risks.  Non one enters into an elective procedure with the thought of a complication but they can and do happen despite the best of intentions.  Some general risk are:

1. infection 1 out of 400

2. Bleeding 1 out of 100

3. capsular contracture .4 to 1% for submuscular implants

4. Implant rupture - Gel 1.1% over 10 years and 2.2% for saline implants

5. Implant malposition 3%

At the time a a consultation your plastic surgeon will review these risks in specific