The past year has seen wide concern about the safety of medical implants. Some of the worst scandals have involved devices for women, such as textured breast implants with links to cancer, and transvaginal mesh implants, which were the subject of the asenate inquiry. But women are harmed not only by 'women's devices' such as breast implants and vaginal mesh. Women are also more likely to be harmed by apparently gender-neutral devices, like joint replacements and heart implants according to Katrina Hutchison in a recent MENAFN article.
Bias starts with design and then lab testing: biological and social factors can affect how women present when injured or ill, and how well treatments work. Often, device designers do not take these differences into account. The lab tests used to make sure implants are safe often ignore the possibility women could have different reactions to materials, or their activities could place different loads on implants.
Bias continues with clinical trials. And then there's the doctor-patient relationship; the gender of the doctor and patient can make a difference to what women learn about their implant.
Source: MENAFN, 11 August 2019
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