Do breast implants rupture more often with subpectoral than with subglandular breast implants?
First of all, rupture rates are very low for women with their first breast augmentation surgery. The Mentor Core Study on Silicone MemoryGel Breast Implants found a suspected rupture rate using MRI of 0.5% for primary augmentation. Studies of complications among women with breast augmentation in Finland and Denmark showed rupture rates of less than 1% for all types of breast implants. As a practical matter, then, the rupture rates are so low that the difference between one placement or the other would have little practical effect. Finally, surgeons are divided on whether there is any difference at all.
