Washington Week: Panel Urges Better Breast Implant Follow-Up
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — A federal advisory panel concluded that silicone gel breast implants are safe, but that a massive registry that collects data on women who’ve had implants could go a long way toward better understanding implant safety and determining how long silicone implants last. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
BRCA Mutation or Worry Influences Women’s Views of Preventive Mastectomy
Women at increased risk for breast cancer because of the genetic BRCA mutations are more likely to think a prophylactic mastectomy is the best way to reduce their risk for the disease, compared to other women who are at high risk, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The study, published in the most recent issue of ICancer/I, also finds that the emotional worry was a strong factor leading women – both BRCA mutation carriers and others at high risk for the disease – to opt for the surgery….
FDA finds breast implants to be safe but calls for better follow-up
Silicone gel breast implants are safe, the US Food and Drug Administration announced at a meeting last week that reviewed the latest evidence. But it warned that the two major US manufacturers are… (Source: BMJ Online First)
CT Angiography of Inferior Epigastric and Gluteal Perforating Arteries before Free Flap Breast Reconstruction [Vascular/Interventional Radiology]
Muscle-sparing perforator free flap breast reconstruction with the use of an inferior epigastric or gluteal perforating artery to create a vascular pedicle is increasingly popular because it obviates breast implants and results in lower donor site morbidity than breast reconstruction with myocutaneous flaps. The tissue harvesting procedure for a perforator free flap involves dissecting the subcutaneous fat of the anterior abdominal wall or the buttock to locate and visually evaluate the perforating arteries so as to decide which one is most suitable for the vascular pedicle. The vessel selected depends on multiple anatomic and surgical considerations, and the decision-making process can be exceptionally time-consuming, in part because of the wide variation that occurs in vascular anatomy. …
Breast Enlargement Could Be Highly Risky, Warn Brit Plastic Surgeons
The cosmetic fillers used for breast enlargements could prove to be risky for women, warn Brit plastic surgeons.
According to the poll for the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), in the last one year, some surgeons have seen almost 10 to 12 women suffering complications following treatment with the injectable filler, Macrolane. Costing up to 3,000 pounds, the jab, which is manufactured by the firm Q-Med, contains a gel to help contour the body. Fillers are injectable substances …
Pink Concert Alerts Woman to Her Ballooning Breast Implant
An Aussie woman, who woke up with one breast double the size of the other, said that had she not attended American singer Pink’s concert, she would not have known there was a problem with her breast implant.
Cattle station worker Kimberley Koy’s breast had ballooned out overnight after a plane trip to Sydney to see Pink perform, and fearing that it might be breast cancer, she immediately visited her doctor.
But at the clinic, Koy came to know that the breast problem had …