Which Surgeons Can Use Cohesive Gel Implants In The United States?
Each of the three studies has a group of only several dozen surgeons that are allowed to order the implants and implant them. Surgical expertise and a commitment to careful patient follow-up were the criteria the manufacturers used to select the surgeons that they would have implant their implants. Dr. Teitelbaum is the only surgeon in California (and if not the only, one of the very few in the entire nation) to have been asked by all three manufacturers to participate in their clinical trials.
Each of the three studies has a group of only several dozen surgeons that are allowed to order the implants and implant them. Surgical expertise and a commitment to careful patient follow-up were the criteria the manufacturers used to select the surgeons that they would have implant their implants.