- breast augmentation on the rise as new study confirms the safety of silicone breast implants
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BREAST AUGMENTATION ON THE RISE AS NEW STUDY CONFIRMS THE SAFETY OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS |
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Albuquerque, NM, Sunday, October 28, 2007 - BREAST AUGMENTATION ON THE RISE AS NEW STUDY CONFIRMS THE SAFETY OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS
Breast augmentation is likely to increase as new epidemiological studies confirm the safety of silicone gel-filled breast implants.* The authors of a study in the Annals of Plastic surgery say that there is no evidence of an increase in breast or any other type of cancer, connective tissue disease, adverse offspring effects, or neurologic disease. In 1990 silicone-gel breast implants were removed from the market in the United States because of fears about their safety. For ten years implants were unavailable in the United States, except for a small number of women and physicians involved in the pilot studies for the release of the new gel implants. One of the plastic surgeons involved in the pilot studies was Albuquerque plastic surgeon, Patrick Hudson MD. “These studies give good epidemiological evidence for the safety of the new gel implants,” said Hudson, “I have been involved in the pilot studies since 1999 and my experience shows that these implants are a major improvement on the saline implants that we used since 1990.” Breast augmentation is the most popular operation in cosmetic plastic surgery, 329,000 breast enlargements were performed in the United States in 2006. Hudson says, “as the results of this study become well known, I think that the popularity of breast augmentation will increase significantly over the next decade.” Patrick Hudson MD.PA, FACS, was trained in London, England. He is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who has practiced in Albuquerque for over 20 years. He is the only surgeon in Albuquerque voted "Albuquerque's Best Plastic Surgeon." He was involved in the pilot studies for the new gel implants from 1999 until 2007. -###- “Annals of Plastic Surgery. 59(5):569-580, November 2007, McLaughlin, Joseph K. PhD *+; Lipworth, Loren ScD *++; Murphy, Diane K. MBA [S]; Walker, Patricia S. MD, PhD [S]
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