Breast implant product summary
and package insert

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This is not the most recent insert, but it is retained here because of the value of the annotations and explanations. Available on the Web are the most current version of the Mentor insert and the McGhan insert (The McGhan one requires Adobe Reader) both released June of 2000.
The large letters in the left margin refer to the updates below.

Breast implant brochure: GIF about 40K

This is a photographically scanned copy, identical to the original; the only changes are the page numbers at the bottom for reference, and the large reference letters I put in the left margin that refer to the notes below.
Because of the time it takes the manufacturer to write, design, print, and distribute these inserts, they are always outdated and therefore often inaccurate. Below you can read the updated current information about the text that has been annotated in the margin.

Updates and current information about the annotated text in the above insert:

a. Today's best estimates are that by the 20-year point, somewhere between 20% and 50% of implants will have failed and need replacement.

b. An implant should seldom if ever come into contact with any instrument. One of the reasons that insertion of implants through the navel has such a low rate of implant leakage is because the implants touch no instrument, only the patient's tissues.

c. The FDA requires the manufacturer to say that they do not recommend putting any medications into the pockets or implants, even though doing so might be of benefit to the patient.

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