Re: Breast Implant Registry

[Guest guest]

The only registry that I know of at this time is with Toxic Discovery Network.

http://www.plateauconsulting.com/toxicdiscoverynetwork/tdnimplantregistry.html

I encourage all of you to register. Their home page is here:

http://www.plateauconsulting.com/toxicdiscoverynetwork/

This report is interesting for several reasons. It is not clear how many of these explantations are for permanent removal. Obviously in the highest percentage there is replacement. (And when they said "a change in size", I wonder if most are going bigger?) I think it would be instructive to know how many are being removed permanently. It is interesting that they don't identify those numbers, which may be larger than the percentage listed for changing in size. I guess what I am trying to say is that if we assume that 34% replaced because they wanted a change in size, and the rest removed permanently, together the remaining percentages add up to 95%! Which would be more eye opening than the subject heading of their article.

Second, we know a little bit about this LeRoy Young researcher, and chairman of the registry. He is definitely pro implant. I would think that his research has an agenda....it's not too hard to figure that one out.

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: nannapam37

Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:12 PM

Subject: Breast Implant Registry

I'm new, so if everyone knows this already, I apologize! Do you all know about a breast implant registry? I just saw this on AOL: Women's Health. Note where it lists the statistics for re-surgery and it says "25% patient request" - I wonder what the reason for the request! Many Want Resizing After Breast ImplantsBy WarnerWebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MDon Monday, October 27, 2003 Oct. 27, 2003 -- The number No.1 reason women go back to the plastic surgeon after having breast implants is to get a different size, new research shows. Results from the National Breast Implant Registry show that the majority of reoperations after breast implant surgery to remove implants are performed for women who want to change the size of their implants. But complications, such as capsular contracture that occurs when scar tissue forms around the implant, implant rupture, and others follow close behind as common causes of breast implant removal surgery also known as explanation surgery. The registry was founded in 2000 to collect information on the patterns of use and reasons for reoperations. Results from the first two years of monitoring were presented this week at the Plastic Surgery 2003 meeting in San Diego, Calif. Tracking Breast Implants As of February 2003, information on 7,300 implants had been entered into the registry. Of those, 98% were saline filled, and 1% were silicone gel filled. Silicone breast implants were banned by the FDA in 1991, except for use in clinical trials. An FDA advisory panel recently recommended that the FDA allow them back on the market. During the first two years of the registry, researchers found 745 implant removals were entered into the database. A request for change in size was the most commonly cited explanation (34%), followed by capsular contracture (32%), rupture (29%), patient request (25%), implant displacement (6%), skin wrinkling (1%), abnormal feel (1%), and pain (1%). Two cases of breast cancer were also reported during this time period. "We started the registry to get information about breast implants," says researcher Leroy Young, MD, chairman of the registry, in a press release. "Through the registry, we are seeing a trend for women who request a size change. By using this data, we could decrease this particular reoperation rate." Researchers say that the results show that surgeons need to do a better job of discerning what patients want before breast implant surgery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------SOURCES: Young, V. "Findings of the North American Breast Implant Registry," Plastic Surgery 2003, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25-29, 2003. News release, American Academy of Plastic Surgeons. WebMD Medical News "Silicone Breast Implants May Be Back." © 2003 WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.

[Guest guest]

I happened upon a plastic surgeon's website today, and he was saying

how safe implants are, and claimed that the reason there was ever

litigation against implant manufacturers was because of greedy

lawyers seeing dollar signs. Of course the reason he does what he

does for a living has nothing to do with dollar signs, right?

I'd love to find a way to develop our own registry of women who had

gotten sick from implants, because I'm sure the numbers are

staggering.

>

> Forgive my sarcasm! Here's another report that was

mentioned in the prior article (that they said would come out at the

end of 2003. Hmmm, didn't see much hullabaloo about this one at the

time of release, did anyone else?)

>

> I had to laugh at this part:

>

> " Thanks to the forward thinking of PSEF leadership in creating

the registry in 2000, we are gaining valuable information about

implants that will ultimately allow us to better serve our

patients, " stated Dr. Young. "

>

> Forward thinking???? Excuse me??? Aren't they just a tad too

late in doing this????? It's been needed for years, and they think

they were forward thinking in doing this in 2000, almost 40 years

after the first breast implants were used? ROFL!

>

> And uh huh, they are so nice to be thinking about the valuable

information about implants that they will be gaining so they can

better serve us, their patients. I am so moved by their

consideration, aren't you? They've just been such darlings to us

all along.

>

> Forgive my sarcasm!

>

> They are the ultimate optimists--to a fault!

>

> I do hope that eventually we will see bonafide registry data

that will show what is happening to the women who are getting sick.

It doesn't seem that they are doing a very good job of tracking that

data right now.

> Patty

>

> ASPS Reveals Results of National Breast Implant Registry

> Re-operation Rate Due to Requests for Change in Size After 1st

Procedure

>

>

> For Immediate Release: October 27, 2003

> http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news_room/press_releases/ASPS-

Rrveals-Results-Of-National-Breast-Implant-Resgistry.cfm

>

>

> SAN DIEGO – After three years of following women with

breast implants, data presented today at Plastic Surgery 2003, the

annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic

Surgeons (ASPS), Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) and

the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS) reveals the

vast majority of re-operations are performed for women requesting a

change in implant size. Gathered through the North American Breast

Implant Registry (NaBIR), established by the PSEF, the findings show

a considerable portion of breast implant patients returned to their

plastic surgeon to change their implant size. " We started the

registry to get information about breast implants, " said Leroy

Young, MD, chair, NaBIR. " We wanted to know the size of the

implant, which incisions were being used, how the implant was being

placed and what type of short-term and long-term complications might

occur after augmentation and reconstruction. Through the registry,

we are

> seeing a trend for women who request a size change. By using this

data, we could decrease this particular re-operation rate. "

>

> Interestingly, another paper presented by Centeno, MD, at

Plastic Surgery 2003 examined the safety of using larger breast

implants, measuring more than 350-400cc – a size beyond which some

surgeons oppose. After investigating more than 270 primary

augmentation patients, the study found that larger-volume implants

do not cause more complications or re-operations than smaller

implants.

> NaBIR's findings indicate the second most common reason for re-

operation was capsular contracture, which occurs when scar tissue

forms around the implant. According to Dr. Young, most capsular

contracture occurs when implants are placed above the chest wall

muscle. Those placed under the chest wall muscle had a lower rate of

capsular contracture rate.

>

> " Thanks to the forward thinking of PSEF leadership in creating

the registry in 2000, we are gaining valuable information about

implants that will ultimately allow us to better serve our

patients, " stated Dr. Young. " As the number of implants entered into

the registry increases, as well as the length of follow-up, we will

develop excellent data on other issues, such as implant rupture rate

and the frequency of breast malignancies in women with implants. "

>

> As of September 2003, more than 9,900 implants had been entered

in the registry. Created three years ago, the scope of NaBIR was

expanded in May 2002 when the International Breast Implant Registry

(IBIR) was formed. Currently, there are 50 sites entering data in

NaBIR and four countries participating in the international

registry. IBIR is quickly becoming the world's standard for breast

implant registries and is being considered in a number of European

countries, as well as Mexico and Israel. This international data

will allow U.S. doctors to understand more about surgical techniques

practiced in other countries, as well as learn about implants not

allowed in the U.S.

>

>

>

> ASPS, founded in 1931, is the largest plastic surgery

organization in the world and the foremost authority on cosmetic and

reconstructive plastic surgery. ASPS represents physicians certified

by The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) or The Royal College

of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For referrals to ABPS-

certified plastic surgeons in your area and to learn more about

cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, call the ASPS at (888)

4-PLASTIC (1-888-475-2784) or visit www.plasticsurgery.org.

>

>

> Note: These findings will be presented Monday, October 27, at 4

p.m., San Diego Convention Center, San Diego. Reporters can register

to attend Plastic Surgery 2003 by logging on to

www.plasticsurgery.org/news_room/Annual-Meeting-Media-

Information.cfmor by contacting ASPS Public Relations at (847) 228-

9900 or in San Diego, October 25-29 at (619) 525-6241.

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I wouldn't trust ANYTHING Dr. Young says . . . He

developed the infamous " tofu titties " . . . filled

with soybean oil that made women horrendously ill! . .

.. Thankfully they weren't approved for the states, but

Europe got their share!

IMHO, the reason some of these doctors think women

want huge implants is because that's what THEY like! .

.. . advertises their services! . . . So many women

have complained that they woke up with implants much

larger than they wanted. . . AND . . . plastic

surgeons like to tell women that, if they have their

implants replaced, they will have to go with a larger

size to avoid sagging. A bunch of BS, IMHO!

Implants below the muscle are much more painful in

recovery, and much harder to remove! I wish every

doctor who promotes these toxic bags was required to

have his very own super-sized set of implants! . . .

My imagination is running away with me about where to

put them!

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Sounds great Sis, but where do you start?

Cherie

> >

> > Forgive my sarcasm! Here's another report that was

> mentioned in the prior article (that they said would come out at

the

> end of 2003. Hmmm, didn't see much hullabaloo about this one at

the

> time of release, did anyone else?)

> >

> > I had to laugh at this part:

> >

> > " Thanks to the forward thinking of PSEF leadership in creating

> the registry in 2000, we are gaining valuable information about

> implants that will ultimately allow us to better serve our

> patients, " stated Dr. Young. "

> >

> > Forward thinking???? Excuse me??? Aren't they just a tad too

> late in doing this????? It's been needed for years, and they

think

> they were forward thinking in doing this in 2000, almost 40 years

> after the first breast implants were used? ROFL!

> >

> > And uh huh, they are so nice to be thinking about the valuable

> information about implants that they will be gaining so they can

> better serve us, their patients. I am so moved by their

> consideration, aren't you? They've just been such darlings to us

> all along.

> >

> > Forgive my sarcasm!

> >

> > They are the ultimate optimists--to a fault!

> >

> > I do hope that eventually we will see bonafide registry data

> that will show what is happening to the women who are getting

sick.

> It doesn't seem that they are doing a very good job of tracking

that

> data right now.

> > Patty

> >

> > ASPS Reveals Results of National Breast Implant Registry

> > Re-operation Rate Due to Requests for Change in Size After 1st

> Procedure

> >

> >

> > For Immediate Release: October 27, 2003

> > http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news_room/press_releases/ASPS-

> Rrveals-Results-Of-National-Breast-Implant-Resgistry.cfm

> >

> >

> > SAN DIEGO – After three years of following women with

> breast implants, data presented today at Plastic Surgery 2003, the

> annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic

> Surgeons (ASPS), Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) and

> the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS) reveals the

> vast majority of re-operations are performed for women requesting

a

> change in implant size. Gathered through the North American Breast

> Implant Registry (NaBIR), established by the PSEF, the findings

show

> a considerable portion of breast implant patients returned to

their

> plastic surgeon to change their implant size. " We started the

> registry to get information about breast implants, " said Leroy

> Young, MD, chair, NaBIR. " We wanted to know the size of the

> implant, which incisions were being used, how the implant was

being

> placed and what type of short-term and long-term complications

might

> occur after augmentation and reconstruction. Through the registry,

> we are

> > seeing a trend for women who request a size change. By using

this

> data, we could decrease this particular re-operation rate. "

> >

> > Interestingly, another paper presented by Centeno, MD,

at

> Plastic Surgery 2003 examined the safety of using larger breast

> implants, measuring more than 350-400cc – a size beyond which some

> surgeons oppose. After investigating more than 270 primary

> augmentation patients, the study found that larger-volume implants

> do not cause more complications or re-operations than smaller

> implants.

> > NaBIR's findings indicate the second most common reason for re-

> operation was capsular contracture, which occurs when scar tissue

> forms around the implant. According to Dr. Young, most capsular

> contracture occurs when implants are placed above the chest wall

> muscle. Those placed under the chest wall muscle had a lower rate

of

> capsular contracture rate.

> >

> > " Thanks to the forward thinking of PSEF leadership in creating

> the registry in 2000, we are gaining valuable information about

> implants that will ultimately allow us to better serve our

> patients, " stated Dr. Young. " As the number of implants entered

into

> the registry increases, as well as the length of follow-up, we

will

> develop excellent data on other issues, such as implant rupture

rate

> and the frequency of breast malignancies in women with implants. "

> >

> > As of September 2003, more than 9,900 implants had been

entered

> in the registry. Created three years ago, the scope of NaBIR was

> expanded in May 2002 when the International Breast Implant

Registry

> (IBIR) was formed. Currently, there are 50 sites entering data in

> NaBIR and four countries participating in the international

> registry. IBIR is quickly becoming the world's standard for breast

> implant registries and is being considered in a number of European

> countries, as well as Mexico and Israel. This international data

> will allow U.S. doctors to understand more about surgical

techniques

> practiced in other countries, as well as learn about implants not

> allowed in the U.S.

> >

> >

> >

> > ASPS, founded in 1931, is the largest plastic surgery

> organization in the world and the foremost authority on cosmetic

and

> reconstructive plastic surgery. ASPS represents physicians

certified

> by The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) or The Royal

College

> of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For referrals to ABPS-

> certified plastic surgeons in your area and to learn more about

> cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery, call the ASPS at

(888)

> 4-PLASTIC (1-888-475-2784) or visit www.plasticsurgery.org.

> >

> >

> > Note: These findings will be presented Monday, October 27, at

4

> p.m., San Diego Convention Center, San Diego. Reporters can

register

> to attend Plastic Surgery 2003 by logging on to

> www.plasticsurgery.org/news_room/Annual-Meeting-Media-

> Information.cfmor by contacting ASPS Public Relations at (847) 228-

> 9900 or in San Diego, October 25-29 at (619) 525-6241.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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