Medical device vigilance case study : breast implants

• Main Author: Μπαγουρδή, Κυριακή
• Other Authors: Bagourdi, Kyriaki
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Vigilance; Breast implants; Adverse events; Capsular contracture; Breast augmentation; Literature review; Επαγρύπνηση; Ανεπιθύμητες ενέργειες; Συστολή κάψας; Αυξητική στήθους; Βιβλιογραφική επισκόπηση

Breast implants have been used for more than half a century and primarily in breast augmen-tation, one of the most popular procedures in the US. Breast implants as medical devices have, in some ways, contributed to the creation of the new medical device regulations, with stricter re-quirements in bo...