SILICONE VS. SALINE IMPLANTS - PATIENT PREFERENCE

■Survey: Mastectomy patients prefer silicone implants over saline


Women are more satisfied with the look and feel of silicone implants, rather than saline implants, for breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery, a survey of 472 breast cancer patients found. "Women tell me [silicone] feels more natural and they prefer the look," said the survey's leader, Dr. Colleen McCarthy, a reconstructive surgeon New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. However, many women will choose saline implants regardless, McCarthy said, because of perceived risks with silicone. The New York Times