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Silicone Gel Breast Implants - The Report of the Independent Review Group
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Minutes of IRG Meetings
 
Contents of site
What is silicone ?

History: the assessment of health effects attributed to silicone gel breast implants

Regulatory requirements for breast implants

Infection: studies reviewed

Fate of Gel Bleed

Rupture

Histopathology Review

Tests commissioned by the IRG

Immune responses to silicone gel breast implants

Statistical aspects and sample sizes

Survey of epidemiological studies from 1970 - 1998

Effects on children of implanted women

Toxicity of silicones

Consent to medical treatment

The National Breast Implant Registry

Adverse incidents

Press Notice

PDF copy of Publication
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Reference Database
A searchable database of published references available to the IRG predominantly from literature searches on commercially provided databases.


 
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