Facilitating direct patient access to safety information about their breast implant: A Patient Access Tool sourced by the Dutch Breast Implant Registry

Breast implants are widely used medical devices with 1 in 30 women (3.3%) carrying them.1 The high prevalence of breast implants explains why lay-media reporting on health risks, often oversimplified and not always scientifically proven, can incite public turmoil, causing significant anxiety among patients. Recently this was demonstrated with the FDA and ANSM public hearings on breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma and Breast Implant Illness, and the media coverage following this.

Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - February 28, 2023 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: JX Harmeling, TA Bruins, BE Becherer, MJ Hoornweg, M Harmsen, MAM Mureau, HA Rakhorst Tags: Correspondence and Communications Source Type: research