Editorial: Silicone Gel Breast Implants: What We Know About Safety After All These Years

partial view 

Controversy over the safety of silicone breast implants has been raging for more than half a century. In this issue, Balk and colleagues report a comprehensive systematic review on long-term health outcomes in women with silicone gel breast implants. The editorialists note that given the absence of solid evidence for association between silicone implants and well-defined disease, we should refocus research efforts to understand the symptoms that some women with implants report.