11.   The saline implants were generally presumed safer than silicone implants, because they leak only salt water, as opposed to silicone gel, when they rupture.

12.   The studies by McGhan and Mentor made clear that many women who have saline implants will have to undergo additional surgeries because of rupture or other complications.

13.   Then she had saline implants in both breasts.

14.   About a dozen implant recipients, some tearful, told the panel Wednesday that saline implants are defective and dangerous and should be banned.

15.   Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that saline implants made by McGhan Medical Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., should stay on the market.

16.   But the FDA recently decided saline implants can continue selling only if manufacturers prove they truly are safe, and asked its scientific advisers to evaluate the issue.

17.   But the FDA advisers recommended that women getting saline implants be warned that they can deflate and require repeated operations.

18.   Despite those criticisms, there is no evidence that any saline implants cause major diseases.

19.   The FDA always has considered saline implants less risky simply because if they break, they release salt water into the body, not a foreign substance.