The Food and Drug Administration gives conditional approval for controversial silicone breast implants by Mentor Corp.

The FDA requires the company to satisfy a number of conditions before it receives final approval to sell the silicone gel-filled implants. The conditions were "generally consistent" with recommendations from an expert panel that met earlier this year.

The United States banned silicone breast implants for most women in 1992 amid allegations that leaking silicone caused disabling, long-term illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.