For Surgeons: Breast Implant Safety | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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With the CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE[1] of breast implant-related events, many of us – especially those with breast implants of our own – may be left feeling concerned about the potential risks of having or receiving such devices, and even confused by the often highly technical terms being used in media coverage.

Education is a large, and often overlooked, part of the equation that allows breast reconstruction and augmentation patients to make the safest and most fulfilling choices for themselves.

As Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research in the US, has SAID[2] to the media, “When women decide to get breast implants for reconstruction after mastectomy or for breast augmentation, they should not be putting their lives at risk…”

We couldn’t agree more. As part of our mandate towards improving women’s health, we’d li...