title: [Breast implants: state of the controversy].
abstract: The controversy that occurred during the 1990 years concerning the breast implants has revealed several new problems, related to comfort surgery. Considering that this surgery has developed considerably, we found useful to outline the difficulties and the drifts that appeared with the breast implants. They were present at all levels: patients, implant factories, judges and lawyers, media, certified laboratories. An increased vigilance was found to be necessary in order to provide the safety and the quality of this type of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie maxillo-faciale et plastique-C.H.U. du Sart Tilman, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fissette
mesh_terms: D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration