San Jose Plastic Surgeons Join Breast Implant Registry

San Jose Plastic Surgeons Join Breast Implant Registry In a recent meeting between the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), itwas decided thata national breast implant registry would be created. This... More

San Jose Plastic Surgeons Join Breast Implant Registry In a recent meeting between the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), itwas decided thata national breast implant registry would be created. This registry was created in response to recent reports of a rare lymphoma developing in women who participated in breast implantsurgery. San Jose Plastic Surgeons have announced they willbe participating in this registry and encourage all theirpatients to participate as well. By encouraging their patients to participate,the plastic surgeons hope to create enough meaningful data to help fightthe rare disease. The ASPS and FDA are addressing this rare condition as not breast cancer. The ASPS along with San Jose Plastic Surgeons have concluded thatbreast implants are stillsafe. This particular lymphoma forms only around scar tissue from breast implant surgery and of the ten million worldwide implants only 34 cases were identified since 1989 Less