Summary The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health proposed in 2022 to start
a national registry for breast implants. Why, and what requirements are needed, will be …

About 1 in 300 women in the Netherlands has a breast implant but many patients do not
know what type of implant was inserted. The quality of breast implants is currently monitored …

Background: Growing awareness about breast implant-related adverse events has
stimulated the demand for large, independent data resources. For this, data from breast …

Within this context, is the woman who undergoes breast implant surgery adequately
informed about the type of prosthesis that will be used? It seems to be unlikely according to …

Health Canada regulates breast implants as class IV medical devices, the category
representing the highest risk. Breast implants are associated with a wide range of adverse …

Summary An estimated 1–3% of all women in the Netherlands carry breast implants. Since
the introduction five decades ago, problems with a variety of breast implants have emerged …

Background. Growing awareness about breast implant-related adverse events has
stimulated the demand for large, independent data resources. For this, data from breast …

PURPOSE: To report upon the two-year results of the National Breast Implant Registry
(NaBIR) MATERIALS & METHODS: NaBIR was founded by the Plastic Surgery Educational …

More than 400,000 women and teenagers undergo breast implant augmentation surgeries
every year, with 75% for augmentation of healthy breasts and 25% for reconstruction after …

Background: The Poly Implant Prothèse incident and breast implant-associated anaplastic
large cell lymphoma have pointed to the need for uniform registries for breast implants as …