More women are suing insurers for failure to pay for breast reconstruction, Bloomberg News reports.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-face-more-suits-over-post-cancer-breast-operations
Category Archives: Textured implants
Canada Latest Nation to Ban Textured Breast Implants
The list of countries to ban textured breast implant grows, while they remain on the market in the United States. Women wanting to avoid the risk of lymphomas linked to textured implants have choices: Staying flat; autologous breast reconstruction; and smooth breast implants.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/implant-files/canada-netherlands-halt-sales-of-cancer-linked-breast-implants/?fbclid=IwAR2QzIwU4AVbdb8H0BGHVxeX93hA5YSEw_qzMM_pVQW7MdSi348UlmwLO60
FDA Holds 2-Day Hearing on Breast Implants
See this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/295420417294192/to follow latest developments about two days of hearings by FDA on breast implants. Key issues include risk of lymphoma from certain types of breast implants; improvement of followup of patients with breast implants; and model practices regarding patient consent.