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Plastic Surgeon Must Pay $5 Million for Illegally Restricting Negative Reviews
A plastic surgeon who illegally restricted patients from posting negative reviews about his practice and directed his staff to post fake positive reviews will pay $5 million for violating Washington state's consumer protection law. According to a July 1 consent decree, the surgeon must pay $1.5 million in restitution to 21,000...
Testing company to pay more than ten million euros in breast implant scandal
In the scandal surrounding defective breast implants from French manufacturer Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), a court has ordered TÜV Rheinland to pay more than ten million euros. The testing company must compensate 605 of 1,319 plaintiffs. Most of the women in these proceedings come from Great Britain. The court stated...
Breast Implants: Reports of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Various Lymphomas in Capsule Around Implants (FDA)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public about reports of cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and various lymphomas, in the scar tissue (capsule) that forms around breast implants. The various lymphomas reported are not the same as the lymphomas described in previous FDA Communications as...
Germany: Health insurance fund does not have to pay for breast augmentation for psychological reasons
The complaint was filed by a 52-year-old woman, who had already undergone breast augmentation with saline implants at the age of 26. When she visited her gynecologist because of a leaking implant, he diagnosed breast cancer - both implants had to be removed. Two years after the operation, she applied...
Artificial intelligence supports the production of facial implants
A research group at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to create individual facial implants. Instead of designing a model from scratch for each patient, as has been the case in the past, in the future we will be able to use AI to access...
Court orders TÜV to pay damages in breast implant scandal
According to the verdict published the previous day, around 1,600 plaintiff women are to receive provisional compensation of 5,150 euros each, or a total of around 8.2 million euros. Within two years, an expert is to investigate the matter further. TÜV announced that it would appeal against the decision in...
When the breast implant makes sick
In association with breast implants, complications sometimes occur, such as large cell lymphomas and capsular fibrosis. At the annual conference of the German Society for Senology, renowned experts gave advice on how to minimize the risk. In breast reconstruction, the 1-year incidence for capsular fibrosis is about 12% and the...
Do Not Use Needle-Free Devices for Injection of Dermal Fillers – FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public and health care professionals not to use needle-free devices such as hyaluron pens for injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) or other lip and facial fillers, collectively and commonly referred to as dermal fillers or fillers. The FDA is aware...
Paris court awards compensation to women for faulty breast implants
For years, the now insolvent manufacturer PIP had produced implants that were susceptible to rupture. The testing organization TÜV Rheinland had certified the process. A French court has now granted compensation to the complainants. The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday condemned the testing organization TÜV Rheinland for lack of...
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