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22nd of September 2011
We live in a global economy, and surgical tourism is being marketed to New Zealanders, encouraging them to travel to Asia for cosmetic surgery. Should travel agents be acting as brokers to connect potential patients with surgeons the patient has never met?
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27th of January 2012
There have been recent reports of problems with PIP breast implants, which are made in France.
These devices have not been made with medical grade silicone, and there may be an increased rate of implant rupture. Interestingly, while a high rupture rate has been reported in France, the rates in other countries have been low
