NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Allergan’s INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for use in breast augmentation, reconstruction and revision surgery in the United States. Until today, INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants were only available in the U.S. to women seeking breast reconstruction and revision surgery through clinical studies. The approval is a significant development for women in the United States who now have the same options that women in more than 60 countries have had for the last 25 years.
Silicone gel-filled breast implants are among the most studied medical devices in existence, with thousands of peer-reviewed and published reports on studies, including robust epidemiological studies supporting their safe use. The safety of INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants is supported by the company’s extensive pre-clinical device testing, their use in approximately 1,000,000 women worldwide and nearly a decade of U.S. clinical experience involving more than 80,000 women.
For more information about INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants, please visit http://www.breastimplantstoday.com.
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FORMAT: B-Roll with Soundbites
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SOUNDBITES: * Scott Spear, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chairman, Department Of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Past President, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2005) * Christine M. Rodgers, M.D., F.A.C.S., plastic surgeon, breast cancer survivor * Terry Heide, breast cancer survivor/reconstruction patient
B-ROLL INCLUDES: Sound bites of physicians and breast reconstruction patients; footage of silicone gel-filled breast implant manufacturing; safety testing footage; Allergan’s unique INAMED® Matrix of breast implant options; footage from Allergan, Inc.'s campus and a street scene of women in a crowd.
VIDEO PROVIDED BY: Allergan, Inc.
Source: Allergan, Inc.
