Review article
https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.18.1.10
SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Aleksandra Pirjavec Mahić
; Department of Plastic Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Croatia
Damir Grebić
; Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Croatia
Paola Čargonja
; Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Domagoj Kustić
; Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Croatia
Abstract
The authors have provided an in-depth review of the history of saline and silicone gel–filled
breast implants. In the history of medicine, no devices have been more scrutinized and thoroughly studied than breast implants. Although we as plastic surgeons recognize and appreciate
the benefits that our patients derive from these devices, society as a whole continues to remain
skeptical. The reasons for this are complex and multifactorial but appear to be fueled by the
media, oppositional organizations, and several trial lawyers. Prior to 1990, when the silicone
gel implant controversy began, there were only eight indexed publications that dealt with the
issue of silicone gel breast implants. Since 1990, there have been more than 500 indexed publications dealing with silicone gel implants. At the time of the moratorium in 1992, we as plastic
surgeons did not have a leg to stand on because there was a paucity of scientific evidence to
support our observations that silicone breast implants were safe and effective devices.
Keywords
silicone breast implant, implant filler, surface texture
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240888
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Publication date:
1.7.2020.
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