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The Breast Implant Controversy
Arthritis & Rheumatism, 1994The breast implant issue is a "bad news/good news" story. For many women with implants, the controversy has caused a fair degree of anxiety which may or may not be resolved as further information becomes available. It has also taken its toll on Dow Corning. Whole lines of medical products have been eliminated or are being phase out.
Ralph R. Cook +2 more
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Understanding Breast Implant Illness.
Aesthetic surgery journal, 2020INTRODUCTION Breast implant surgery is the most common plastic surgery procedure performed globally. A subset of women with breast implants report experiencing a myriad of disabling and distressing physical and psychological symptoms attributed to their ...
J. Newby +4 more
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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2012
Infection after breast implant surgery occurs in 1.1% to 2.5% of procedures performed for augmentation and up to 35% of procedures performed for reconstruction after mastectomy. Most infections result from skin organisms and occur in the immediate postoperative period, although infections can occasionally present after many years.
Laraine Washer, Karol A. Gutowski
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Infection after breast implant surgery occurs in 1.1% to 2.5% of procedures performed for augmentation and up to 35% of procedures performed for reconstruction after mastectomy. Most infections result from skin organisms and occur in the immediate postoperative period, although infections can occasionally present after many years.
Laraine Washer, Karol A. Gutowski
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2020
Background: The Poly Implant Prothèse incident and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma have pointed to the need for uniform registries for breast implants as key features to monitoring the outcomes of breast implant surgeries ...
P. Spronk +17 more
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Background: The Poly Implant Prothèse incident and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma have pointed to the need for uniform registries for breast implants as key features to monitoring the outcomes of breast implant surgeries ...
P. Spronk +17 more
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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1994
The emergency physician's day-to-day practice requires a broad range of knowledge of many aspects of medicine. Breast implants are a commonly implanted device and a working knowledge of their function and potential complications will aid emergency physicians in the care of their patients.
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The emergency physician's day-to-day practice requires a broad range of knowledge of many aspects of medicine. Breast implants are a commonly implanted device and a working knowledge of their function and potential complications will aid emergency physicians in the care of their patients.
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 2004
Breast implants have been used for about four decades for both reconstructive and aesthetic purposes. In 1963, the quality of the artificial implants was revolutionized by the introduction of the silicone gel-filled implant. Since, this modern prosthesis has gone through an evolution of change and improvement with several types of devices with many ...
O. Heymans, D Van Zele
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Breast implants have been used for about four decades for both reconstructive and aesthetic purposes. In 1963, the quality of the artificial implants was revolutionized by the introduction of the silicone gel-filled implant. Since, this modern prosthesis has gone through an evolution of change and improvement with several types of devices with many ...
O. Heymans, D Van Zele
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019
Background: With breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) now accepted as a unique (iatrogenic) subtype of ALCL directly associated with textured breast implants, we are now at a point where a sound epidemiologic profile and ...
David J. Collett +5 more
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Background: With breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) now accepted as a unique (iatrogenic) subtype of ALCL directly associated with textured breast implants, we are now at a point where a sound epidemiologic profile and ...
David J. Collett +5 more
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US FDA Breast Implant Postapproval Studies: Long-term Outcomes in 99,993 Patients
Annals of Surgery, 2019Objective: To analyze the long-term safety and efficacy outcomes of patients with breast implants. Summary Background Data: Research is ongoing regarding the safety of silicone breast implants. Despite the number of patients with breast implants followed
C. Coroneos +4 more
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Mammography and breast implants [PDF]
British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1995 Mammography in the presence of breast implants is complicated by the opacity of the implants, the displacement of breast tissue by the implant, and the presence of secondary changes such as calcification within a fibrous capsule. A special technique of mammography, known as the displacement technique, has been developed by Eklund in the USA, where it ...
G.L. Bantick, I. Taggart
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019
Background: The epidemiology and implant-specific risk for breast implant–associated (BIA) anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) has been previously reported for Australia and New Zealand.
M. Magnusson +6 more
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Background: The epidemiology and implant-specific risk for breast implant–associated (BIA) anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) has been previously reported for Australia and New Zealand.
M. Magnusson +6 more
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