ABDR releases 2023 Annual Report

December 19, 2024

Australian Breast Device Registry (ABDR) Releases 2023 Annual Report

The Australian Breast Device Registry (ABDR) is pleased to release its 2023 Annual Report, the ABDR’s 8 th Report, which provides a range of data analysis on emerging trends in breast devices and surgical practices

Overall data presented in the 2023 Annual Report:

  • 239 health services and 443 clinicians participated in the ABDR
  • The ABDR opt-out rate remained at approximately 1% in 2023.
  • The ABDR has accrued 98,460 patients; 113,439 procedures and 192,706 devices

What is new in the 2023 Annual Report?

For the first time the ABDR reports on:

  • The annual number of patients who had revision surgery in Australia in relation to breast devices implanted overseas (cosmetic tourism).
  • Variation in time from tissue expander insertion to implant exchange, and changes over time in exchange outcomes
  • Revision rates of contralateral breast implants associated with unilateral reconstruction implants
  • The incidence in use of matrix/mesh in cosmetic procedures.
  • Variation in hospital revision rates at 1-year post-insertion (funnel plots).

Snapshot of registry data:

  • An additional 3,386 patients had reconstructive breast device surgery in 2023; and an additional 7,835 patients had cosmetic breast device surgery
  • Three new cases of Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) were confirmed (1 from 2022 and 2 from 2023)

The ABDR was granted Qualified Privilege in April 2024, providing additional protection to the privacy of patient and clinician data.

Acknowledgements

The ABDR would like to acknowledge the support of participating patients, surgeons and clinicians, nursing and support staff, the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Members of the ABDR Steering Committee, Clinical Advisory Committee and Research and Data Sharing Subcommittee, and the Colleges and Societies that support the ABDR:

  • Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
  • Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine (ACCSM)
  • Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)

Read the full report