Olsen JH

[BACKGROUND] To assess whether maternal cosmetic breast implants are associated with adverse health outcomes among offspring, the authors examined published findings of epidemiologic studies that addressed this hypothesis. [METHODS] Four e…

Epidemiologic data on local complications after breast augmentation are scarce. In particular, few prospectively collected data are available on modern breast implants on this issue. Using data from the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery o…

[BACKGROUND] Clinical reports have raised concern about local complications following breast implantation used in reconstructive or cosmetic surgery, but there is a shortage of epidemiological studies in this area. [OBJECTIVE] To assess in…

[BACKGROUND] No epidemiological evidence of an association between silicone breast implants and connective tissue disease has been found. Based on case reports, it has been hypothesized that silicone breast implants may be associated with a…

[OBJECTIVE] To use a new immunologic assay to evaluate antipolymer antibody (APA) levels among women with silicone breast implants (SBIs). [METHODS] Women (n = 186) were identified through Danish population-based registers and categorized …

[BACKGROUND] Epidemiologic studies indicate that women with cosmetic breast implants have a significantly increased risk of suicide. Our objectives were to examine mortality among Danish women who underwent cosmetic breast implant surgery a…

Concern has been raised about the potential delay in breast cancer diagnosis in the augmented breast. We linked a cohort of 2955 women, who received cosmetic breast implants in Denmark during the period 1973-1997 with the Danish Cancer Regi…

Although numerous epidemiologic studies have examined the long-term safety of silicone breast implants during the past decade, there is a relative lack of surveillance data on short-term health effects and complications following cosmetic s…

[OBJECTIVES] To use a new immunological assay to evaluate silicate antibody levels in women with and without silicone breast implants (SBIs). [METHODS] Women (n=186) were identified through Danish population-based registers and categorized…

The frequency and severity of local complications remain the primary safety issues with silicone breast implants. The Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast (DPB), established in 1999, prospectively collects pre-, peri- and posto…

Concern has been raised recently regarding the absence of information on the occurrence and severity of local complications after cosmetic breast implantation. The authors evaluated the occurrence of local complications in a large epidemiol…

The aim of this study was to examine self-reported symptomatology and to identify distinctive characteristics among women with silicone breast implants (SBI). Using the Danish hospital and population registers we identified three groups of …

To assess whether maternal breast implants are related to adverse health outcomes in offspring, the authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of esophageal disorders, rheumatic disease, and congenital malformations among 2,854 children…

The authors investigated the association between the occurrence of capsular contracture and implant and patient characteristics. All women with breast implants from 1977 to 1997 were identified from the files of two private plastic surgery …

The aim of this study was to investigate whether women with silicone breast implants (SBI) present with a unique rheumatic symptomatology. We assessed the profile of rheumatic disease in six groups of women identified through Danish hospita…

[OBJECTIVE] To examine the occurrence of connective tissue diseases (CTDs) as well as ill-defined and other rheumatic conditions among Danish women with cosmetic silicone breast implants. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] A total of 2761 women with b…

[OBJECTIVE] To investigate the risk of neurologic disease among women with silicone breast implants. [BACKGROUND] Since 1992, several case series reported an association between silicone breast implants and neurologic diseases. [METHODS] …

[OBJECTIVE] To examine the occurrence of esophageal disorders, connective tissue diseases, and congenital malformations in children of mothers with breast implants. [METHODS] Nationwide register-based follow-up study of all offspring born …

Intuitively, breast tissue mass should be directly related to a woman's risk of breast cancer, simply because having more cells at risk would seem to increase the potential for malignant transformation. However, studies attempting to link b…

To investigate the risks of connective tissue diseases (CTDs) following breast implants we used the nationwide Danish Hospital Discharge Register (HDR) to identify 2,570 women who received breast implants, either for cosmetic reasons (N = 1…