Dr. Peña Plastic Surgery Blog

Naples, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, & Estero, Florida

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

FDA Reaffirms silicone breast implant safety

In recent meetings with the FDA the representatives of the Breast implant manufacturers (Innamed and Mentor) reaffirmed what the FDA knew : that silicone breast implants did not pose a health threat to consumers. They also discussed the FDA "requirement" that patients get and MRI at 3 years after implantation with slicone implants. This they felt was an unreasonable finacial burden on patients without real evidence suggesting a benefit. In fact it may be "over-read" nad cause unnecessary reoperations.

I too do not agree with this recommendation for my patients. Routine mammogrrams followed by an MRI in 6 to 10 years would have more scientific merit.

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posted by Manuel M. Pena, M.D. at 8:47 AM

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