Breast Implant Prevalence in the Dutch Female Population Assessed by Chest Radiographs

BACKGROUND: Breast implant-related health problems are a subject of fierce debate. Reliable population-based estimates of implant prevalence rates are not available, however, due to a lack of historical registries and incomplete sales data, precluding absolute risk assessments. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to describe the methodology of a novel procedure to determine Dutch breast implant prevalence based on the evaluation of routine chest radiographs. METHODS: The validity of the new method was first examined in a separate study. Eight reviewers examined a series of 180 chest radiographs with... Mehr ...

Verfasser: de Boer, Mintsje
van Middelkoop, Michele
Hauptmann, Michael
van der Bijl, Noortje
Bosmans, Jorn A. W.
Hendriks-Brouwer, Narda
Schop, Sijmen J.
de Boer, Jan Paul
Hijmering, Nathalie J.
Overbeek, Lucy I. H.
Lobbes, Marc B. I.
Klazen, Caroline A. H.
de Jong, Daphne
Rakhorst, Hinne A.
van der Hulst, René R. W. J.
van Leeuwen, Flora E.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Reihe/Periodikum: de Boer , M , van Middelkoop , M , Hauptmann , M , van der Bijl , N , Bosmans , J A W , Hendriks-Brouwer , N , Schop , S J , de Boer , J P , Hijmering , N J , Overbeek , L I H , Lobbes , M B I , Klazen , C A H , de Jong , D , Rakhorst , H A , van der Hulst , R R W J & van Leeuwen , F E 2020 , ' Breast Implant Prevalence in the Dutch Female Population Assessed by Chest Radiographs ' , Aesthetic Surgery Journal , vol. 40 , no. 2 , pp. 156-164 . https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjz136
Sprache: Englisch
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