Posts Tagged ‘cohesive gel implants’

Silicone Breast Implants and Cohesive Gel? Allergan or Mentor?

How will cohesive gel implants change the breast implant landscape? Will it cannibalize existing silicone gel implants or expand the entire market? Which company stands to benefit more? Advantages/disadvantages? Pricing? Patient interest?

Gummy Bear Implants for Breast Reconstruction – Video Feature

Gummy bear implants, although still in clinical trials, are one of the most promising new technologies in the field of breast reconstruction. In this brief interview, Dr. Scott Spear, chief of plastic surgery at Georgetown University hospital, explains how the new gummy bear (or form stable) implants differ from traditional silicone gel breast implants. He [...]

3-D Imaging for Breast Augmentation – Video Feature

Today’s affordable 3-D imaging technology is revolutionizing the results patients can get from breast augmentation surgery. In this five-minute video you’ll learn how finding a surgeon who uses 3-D imaging to simulate augmentation outcomes can ensure you get the results you want from breast implant surgery. In this interview, Dr. Steve Teitelbaum explains the difference [...]

Cohesive Gel Breast Implant Trials – Video Feature

Medical research has led to the development of cohesive gel breast implants–also called form stable breast implants or “gummy bear” implants–which have been used overseas since the mid-1990s. The implants have been in clinical trials in the U.S. for several years, and thousands of patients nationwide have undergone breast augmentation surgery using the new form [...]