Women With Breast Implants and Car Accidents

Michael Myers
Attorney
(866) 735-1102 Ext 580
Posted by Michael MyersOctober 09, 2006 10:05 AM

Women involved in motor vehicle accidents who have breast implants should request mammograms when they visit their medical providers. There is evidence that women involved in car crashes are at higher risk of having their implants rupture or leak following a collission. This type of pro-active assessment and treatment can be recovered in a personal injury action even if there isn't a rupture or leak. It makes sense to err on the side of caution.

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malibubarbi
Posted by malibubarbi
January 03, 2007 12:59 PM

Thank you for your post. My car was totaled and the seatbelt kept me from the windshield, but ruptured one breast implant and damaged the other. Within four hours, I found it difficult to breathe, and for the next year, I couldn't wear a bra, bathing suit or anything tight around my chest. X-ray, after x-ray, and doctor after doctor, nobody, including me thought the problem was damage to my implants. It wasn't until the silicone leaked significantly enough into my chest wall to change the shape of my breast that I realized the problem with my chest was my implants. $52,000 and 3 surgeries later for implants, damage to my chest wall and chest muscle and its still not corrected. So, yes ladies please, follow Mr. Myers advise, but go one step further and GET AN MRI, mammograms don't show rupture--I know, I had a mammogram, that showed 'nothing remarkable.' Shortly thereafter, the MRI revealed a most definite rupture.

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