JPRAS, FDA and Cohesive Gel Implants

asked 1 year ago by Cleveland7352 in Cleveland, OH
Latest answer by Jonathan J Staiano, MBBS
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Tags: cohesive gel, FDA, research, safety

On the JPRAS, and It Said That Cohesive Gel Implants Should Be Investigated Thoroughly.Was This Abstract Considered by the FDA? The above link shows a summary but I can not read the whole article. Response to what this article has shown would be greatly appreciated. Was this looked at by the FDA?

4 answers to JPRAS, FDA and Cohesive Gel Implants

Safety of silicone gel implants

Hello Cleveland, I work with Anindya Lahiri, who wrote this article. It is a case report describing a patient with a rupture of a silicone implant and associated lymphandenopathy. This is something to be aware of and useful to know that it can occur. The main concerns regarding the safety of silicone implants revolved around their association with connective tissue disorders such as rheumatiod arthritis and there has been shown to be no link with this. You can... more

Jonathan J Staiano, MBBS
Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

Safety of Silicone Gel Breast Implants

The FDA did not have access to this article when they re-released silicone breast implants again due to the dates of the publication and release of the implants. However, the FDA is continually monitoring the implants and believes they remain safe. The reported one case does nothing to change that perception. The fact that silicone was found in the lymph nodes simply means that the patient’s lymphatic system was doing what it was supposed to do, mainly clear the tissues of any foreign... more

Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon

Safety of silicone gel implants. JPRAS article.

This case report from the plastic surgical literature of Great Britain describes a single patient with a unilateral silicone prosthesis rupture, and is certainly something to be aware of when looking at overall claims of silicone gel implant safety. The article, reported in the August 2006 Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery (Vol 59 Issue 8 Pages 885-886) was submitted for publication in 2005, and reported a case of intracapsular implant rupture with 8... more