Australia - Australia, New Zealand - Canada - Denmark - Europe - Europe, United States - Germany - High-income countries - International - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Netherlands - Republic of Korea - Sweden - United Kingdom - United States - {Related topics}

Australia

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Breast implants: A guide for general practice [2021]

• NSW Health
  • Toolkit for the management of breast implants
  • Recommended management of a patient with a breast implant

Australia, New Zealand

• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Breast Implant Selection: Consensus Recommendations Using a Modified Delphi Method [2019]

Canada

• Alberta Health Services
  • Navigating Breast Implants, Cancer & Illness

• Canada's Drug Agency
  • Povidone-Iodine for Breast Implant Surgery: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness and Guidelines [2019]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) – Canadian Surveillance 2023 Data

Denmark

• Danish Medical Journal
  • Poor adherence to clinical guidelines for women undergoing breast reduction [2016]

Europe

• European Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL): Review of Epidemiology and Prevalence Assessment in Europe [2021]

• European Commission
  • Guidance on the vigilance system for CE-marked devices - Breast implants [2024]

Europe, United States

• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Breast Implant Utilization Trends in USA versus Europe and the Impact of BIA-ALCL Publications [2021]

Germany

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Biological Matrices and Synthetic Meshes Used in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction – a Review of Products Available in Germany [2013]

High-income countries

• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • The Risk of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2024]

International

• Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • 2022 Practice Recommendation Updates From the World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL [2022]
  • Expert Consensus on the Use of a New Bioengineered, Cell-Friendly, Smooth Surface Breast Implant [2019]

• BMC Surgery
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of risks and benefits with breast reduction in the public healthcare system: priorities for further research [2021]

• European Journal of Breast Health
  • New Data on the Epidemiology of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma [2021]

• European Journal of Medical Research
  • Risk factors for complications after reduction mammaplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

• Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
  • Epidemiology of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma - A systematic review of literature [2026]

• Modern Pathology
  • Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma: a review [2019]

• Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
  • Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma [2024]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma - BIA-ALCL Report [2021]

Israel

• Israel Medical Association Journal
  • Breast Implantation Rates in Israel: Is There a Change in Trend? [2021]

Italy

• Breast
  • Clinical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment according to current updated knowledge on BIA-ALCL [2022]

• Medicina
  • BIA-ALCL and BIA-SCC: Updates on Clinical Features and Genetic Mutations for Latest Recommendations [2024]

Netherlands

• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Medical Specialist Care Utilization Prior to the Explantation of Cosmetic Silicone Breast Implants: A Nationwide Retrospective Data Linkage Study [2024]

• Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • Breast Implant Prevalence in the Dutch Female Population Assessed by Chest Radiographs [2020]

Republic of Korea

• BMC Surgery
  • Litigation meets evidence: a novel approach to understanding preventable complications in breast reconstruction [2025]

• Medicine
  • Current status of an implant-based augmentation mammaplasty in Korean women: Implications for risk management and social sustainability of breast implant industry in the context of the first Korean case of a medical device fraud [2025]

Sweden

• Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
  • Prevalence of women with breast implants in Sweden: a study based on the population-based mammography screening programme [2023]

United Kingdom

• Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
  • Breast reduction [2024]
  • Breast prosthesis removal [2024]

• Association of Breast Surgery
  • UK Guidelines for Lipomodelling of the Breast on behalf of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Association of Breast Surgery Expert Advisory Group [2022]

• British Psychological Society
  • Guideline for the role of practitioner psychologists in the assessment and support of women considering risk-reducing breast surgery [2018]

• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • UK Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) on behalf of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Expert Advisory Group (PRASEAG) [2021]
  • Symptoms sometimes referred to as Breast Implant Illness
  • Breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)

• NHS Digital
  • Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry

• NHS England
  • Breast screening: imaging women with breast implants
  • Breast screening: breast implant guidelines

• Women's Health
  • A guide to breast implants for the non-breast specialist [2016]

United States

• Aesthetic Surgery Journal
  • Epidemiology of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in the United States: A Systematic Review [2023]

• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Association of Plastic Surgeons Consensus on Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma [2024]

• American College of Radiology
  • Breast Implant Evaluation

• American Family Physician
  • Breast Implants: Common Questions and Answers [2021]

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Food and Drug Administration
  • Saline, Silicone Gel, and Alternative Breast Implants [2020]
  • Breast Implants

• Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Best Practices Guideline for the Pathologic Diagnosis of Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma [2020]

• Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Breast Implant Safety: an Overview of Current Regulations and Screening Guidelines [2022]

• Maturitas
  • Breast plastic surgery in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: Menopause-informed counseling on screening, safety, and long-term breast health [2026]

• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Patient Registry and Outcomes for Breast Implants and Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Etiology and Epidemiology (PROFILE): Initial Report of Findings 2012 – 2018 [2019]

• Plastic Surgery
  • Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Current Understanding and Recommendations for Management [2020]

• Seminars in Plastic Surgery
  • Finding Consensus After Two Decades of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma [2019]

• StatPearls
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Augmentation

{Related topics}

• Topic
  • Breast cancer treatment: surgery, radiotherapy
  • Breast cancer
  • Benign breast diseases