What percent of explanted samples were reported as having bacterial contamination in the study mentioned?

Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Chronic Inflammation: Your Key to a Healthier Life #shorts

30 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube short featuring Robert Whitfield MD and another speaker describing recovery from surgery, increased energy and improved quality of life after explant/capsulectomy, and discussing chronic inflammation. Whitfield asserts that ongoing symptoms are symptoms of chronic inflammation and notes a study finding that ~29% of explanted samples showed bacterial contamination, which he links to persistent inflammatory signaling if not removed.

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I saw my great niece the other day, and she's coming over for Thanksgiving, and I just said, I can't wait to see you and play games and have so much fun. I did not have the energy to say that last year or previous holidays. So it's, it's crazy. It's huge. And it's, it's life changing.
Yeah. If you can't recover, then every day is so much more difficult. And then the day after that and the day after that, everything becomes that much more difficult if you can't recover. And all these symptoms, as you know, we're, we're highlighting they're all symptoms of chronic inflammation. And, you know, I talked about doing explant surgery and capsulectomy, and I did this long series about capsulectomy, hasn't been released yet because the third, you know, in our study was 29% have bacterial contamination like you did on yours. And I feel strongly that if you don't take that out, you're going to have continued problems with inflammation. Your body recognizing that, and still that signaling process that creates inflammation is potentially going to be there and still be significant.