Dr Kerstin Wimmer: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- MD, PhD, surgeon at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, and researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm
- Quoted on
- Plastic & reconstructive surgery, Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Our study suggests that women who received polyurethane-coated implants had far fewer problems after radiotherapy than those who received standard implants. For patients, this research suggests that the type of implant used may have a major impact on the risk of complications after radiotherapy.”
What Dr Kerstin Wimmer has said
“Our study suggests that women who received polyurethane-coated implants had far fewer problems after radiotherapy than those who received standard implants.”
surgeon at the Medical University of Vienna · Cancer · 27 Aug 2026 · Polyurethane coating reduces implant complications after mastectomy, cancer study finds ↗
Where Dr Kerstin Wimmer has been quoted
- Breast Reconstruction Using Polyurethane-Coated Implants May Reduce the Risk of Capsular Contracture, Additional Surgeryascopost.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Polyurethane coating reduces implant complications after mastectomy, cancer study findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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