title: [Breast implants and silicone: silicone crisis' history].
abstract: In 1992 the FDA declared a moratorium on silicone implants, after a fight with the manufacturers. This moratorium extended world wide and lasted differently among the different countries. In Europe, France was the most troublesome about this problem. It took 8 years of actions against several civil servants and at least a trial at the "Council of State" could succeed in 2000 and brough back the silicone implants to the market in 2001.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de chirurgie esthétique, 45, rue Goethe, 67000, Strasbourg, France. gh.muller@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: G-H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D018427:Breast Implants / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers