Watch as author Dr. Pat McGuire discusses her newly published article in ASJ this month:
A Practical Guide to Managing Patients With Systemic Symptoms and Breast Implants
Authors: Patricia McGuire, MD ; Daniel J. Clauw, MD; Jason Hammer, MD; Melinda Haws, MD; and William P. Adams Jr, MD
Read the article here: [ Ссылка ]
Read the Commentary by Dr. Mark L. Jewell here: [ Ссылка ]
This Special Topic by Dr. Pat McGuire and colleagues describes a practical approach for managing patients with breast implants who present with systemic symptoms including recommendations for patient counseling, clinical and laboratory assessment of symptoms. They stress the importance of discussing risks and benefits of options for evaluation and treatment and show cases to illustrate the recommendations. A Commentary by Dr. Mark Jewell underscores how equating silicone breast implants (SBIs) with BII is not a foolproof narrative and how the systemic symptoms women are reporting are complex and could represent a chronic overlapping pain condition (COPC). While explant surgery and capsulectomy are typically unnecessary but often requested by patients, his advice is to treat patients by being compassionate, holistic, and trustworthy.
