Silicone Gel Breast Implants

• DOI: 10.31952/amha.18.1.10
• Publication Date: 2020-06-30T11:12:01Z
• Authors: Aleksandra Pirjav...; Damir Grebić; Paola Čargonja; Domagoj Kustić
• Keywords: Breast implant; Silicone Elastomers; Skepticism

The authors have provided an in-depth review of the history saline and silicone gel–filled breast implants. In medicine, no devices been more scrutinized thoroughly studied than Although we as plastic surgeons recognize appreciate benefits that our patients derive from these devices, society a whole continues to remain skeptical. reasons for this are complex multifactorial but appear be fueled by media, oppositional organizations, several trial lawyers. Prior 1990, when gel implant controversy began, there were only eight indexed publications dealt with issue Since 500 dealing At time moratorium in 1992, did not leg stand on because was paucity scientific evidence support observations implants safe effective devices.