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silicone-gel breast implant

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silicone-gel breast implant,
a type of implant used in reconstructive surgery of the breast and made with synthetic polymers. The implants have been associated with adverse effects on the immune system as well as distorted and painful breasts caused by leakage of the silicone into surrounding tissues. However, a number of statistical studies have not established such a cause-and-effect relationship.


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On July twenty-eight 2005, the FDA ended a 13 year ban on silicone-gel breast implants and issued a letter of approval to Mentor Corp allowing the reintroduction of these controversial implants into the medical marketplace.
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Yet the panel's conclusion entirely favored the defense: There is no credible evidence that silicone-gel breast implants cause disease.
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Last October, a jury in Reno, Nevada, ordered Dow Chemical to pay Charlotte Mahlum and her husband substantial compensatory and punitive damages for an array of neurological problems that Mahlum attributes to her silicone-gel breast implants.
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