Patient-reported systemic symptoms in women with silicone breast implants: a descriptive cohort study

KA Spit, M Scharff, CJM de Blok, FB Niessen… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective An unknown portion of women with silicone breast implants (SBI) report
development of systemic symptoms, recently named as 'breast implant illness (BII)'. We aim …

Pulmonary adverse events of breast silicone implants and silicone injection

E Simon, L Pahus, P Chanez - Respiratory Medicine and Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The incidence of breast implants and silicone injections has continuously increased since
their FDA approval for use in the 1960′ s. The prevalence of overall adverse events is …

A systematic review of the national breast implant registry for application in korea: Can we predict “unpredictable” complications?

WJ Song, SG Kang, BF Seo, NK Choi, JH Lee - Medicina, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Since silicone breast implants were introduced to the market
several decades ago, the safety of breast implants has remained controversial. Recently …

Moving breast implant registries forward: Are they FAIR and Functional?

CA Bargon, BE Becherer, DA Young-Afat… - Journal of Plastic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Author links open overlay panel CA Bargon ab, BE Becherer cd, DA Young-Afat e, ACM van
Bommel f, J Hommes g, MJ Hoornweg h, XHA Keuter g, S de Fazio i, D Melnikov j, J Monton …

Breast device surgery in Australia: early results from the Australian Breast Device Registry

S Vishwanath, B Pellegrini, E Parker, A Earnest… - Journal of Plastic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary Background The Australian Breast Device Registry (ABDR) is a clinical quality
registry designed to monitor the performance of breast devices; and the quality and safety of …

The Dutch Hyacorp® filler catastrophe: new EU legislation will prevent this from happening again

TS Decates, F Sayghani, JA Van Loghem… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background In 2014, the hyaluronic acid-based fillers, Hyacorp-1000 and Hyacorp HS (H-
800), were withdrawn from the Dutch market after concerns about their safety Objectives To …

[HTML][HTML] Health symptoms and cosmetic silicone breast implants: A retrospective cohort study

AS Lieffering, L Ramerman, JE Hommes… - Journal of Plastic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background There has been a growing concern about a possible causal relationship
between silicone breast implants (SBIs) and health symptoms, referred to as breast implant …

Medical Specialist Care Utilization Prior to the Explantation of Cosmetic Silicone Breast Implants: A Nationwide Retrospective Data Linkage Study

AS Lieffering, L Ramerman, RA Verheij… - Aesthetic Plastic …, 2024 - Springer
Background Explantation is the proposed treatment for breast implant illness (BII). Little is
known about which medical specialists are visited and what diagnoses are made before …

[HTML][HTML] Nation-wide validation of a multicenter risk model for implant loss following implant-based breast reconstruction

YL Blok, VD Plat, JA van der Hage, NMA Krekel… - Journal of Plastic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Implant loss following breast reconstruction is a devastating complication, which
should be prevented as much as possible. This study aimed to validate a previously …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of women with breast implants in Sweden: a study based on the population-based mammography screening programme

E Hansson, S Zaya, S Meyer… - Journal of Plastic …, 2023 - medicaljournalssweden.se
Background: Knowledge about the prevalence of women with breast implants is paramount
in calculations of risks and in estimations of effects on screening and breast cancer …