MemoryGel Breast Implants: Final Safety and Efficacy Results after 10 Years of Follow-Up

• Published in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) Vol. 147; no. 3; p. 556
• Main Authors: Caplin, David A, Calobrace, M Bradley, Wixtrom, Roger N, Estes, Megan M, Canady, John W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Breast Implantation - instrumentation; Breast Implantation - methods; Breast Implants - adverse effects; Device Removal - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient Safety - statistics & numerical data; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - therapy; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Failure; Reoperation - statistics & numerical data; United States; Young Adult; United States

Mentor MemoryGel Breast Implants were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in November of 2006. Patients in the Core clinical study supporting this approval were followed for 10 years. This prospective, multicenter, clinical study included primary augmentation, revision augmentation, pr...