Neurologic Disease Among Women With Breast Implants

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Neurology, "Objective: To investigate the risk of neurologic disease among women with silicone breast implants. Background: Since 1992, several case series reported an association between silicone breast implants and neurologic diseases. Methods: Between 1977 and 1992, 1,135 women received cosmetic silicone breast implants, and 7,071 women had breast reduction surgery, as identified by the Danish National Register of Patients (NRP). NRP files provided information on numbers and types of subsequent neurologic disorders at hospital discharge, which were compared with expected numbers, calculated on...

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