Tissue expansion (optional): In some cases, a tissue expander may be placed first to stretch the skin gradually before inserting the permanent implant. This is a one-hour surgery after your mastectomy ...

Different breast implant options and potential complications may make the reconstruction process difficult to understand, but one expert discusses the importance of knowing what you want and hopefully ...

DETROIT - Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan to offer a needle-free, patient-controlled tissue expansion system for women undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy. The ...

Allergan is recalling some of its textured breast implants and tissue expanders due to the risk of cancer. The FDA requested today that Allergan recall specific models of its textured breast implants ...

IRVINE, Calif., June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sientra, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIEN) (“Sientra” or the “Company”), a medical aesthetics company focused on enhancing lives by advancing the art of plastic ...

Accepting a district court ruling reached after remand, a federal appeals panel has opened a long-running breast-implant products liability settlement to women who have waited for years to secure ...