PIP implant

Poly Implant Prothese implant. A breast implant manufactured in France, which caused a considerable scandal when it was revealed that the PIP had used industrial-, not medical-, grade silicone to fill the implants, leading to a 5% rupture rate (vs the 1% rate which is typical of medical silicone-filled implants). The NHS and private clinics who put them in 40,000 women in the UK offered to remove them for free.

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While independent consultants and many reputable groups were able to easily contact their patients during the PIP implant crisis, the scandal shone a light on shoddy record-keeping from many corners of the sector.

Plans to tighten breast implant industry practice

Isabelle Traeger, who received a PIP implant, said she did not believe four years was a sufficient sentence for Mas.

PIP French Breast Implant Boss Jean-Claude Mas Jailed for Four Years [VIDEO]

the decision to remove an intact PIP implant should be based on an individual assessment of the woman's condition by her surgeon or other treating physician after consultation

United Kingdom : New report supports Keogh expert group findings on breast implants

When the PIP implant scandal broke, I called the clinic in a panic only to be told that I did have those implants.

I'm facing 11th op in 18 months to correct the damage; BREAST IMPLANTS

Since most women had implants for cosmetic reasons through private clinics, with fewer using the NHS for reconstruction after mastectomy, the UK decision to pay for removal did not cover most PIP implant removals.

Public health implications of differences in US and European Union regulatory policies for breast implants

They said that if a PIP implant does rupture, it has been found to cause local reactions in a small proportion of women, which can result in symptoms such as tenderness or swollen lymph glands.

PIP implants 'pose no risks to health' But experts say high risk of rupturing

But she's been told she could have toxic silicone in her body for life as the content of a ruptured PIP implant has leaked into her lymph nodes.

Living in gear over breast implants; My agony at discovering PIP implant has ruptured

According to the woman, she had been promised an Allergan implant, but instead, she got an M-implant which has exactly the same type code as the PIP implant.

Health board warns on PIP implants

A trust spokesperson said: "The trust has never fitted any patient with a PIP implant.

700 WOMEN TURN TO NHS FOR IMPLANT OPS; Hospitals step in as clinics 'unable to help'

Mrs Atkins said her clinic had already carried out more than 20 PIP implant removal operations and she would be having hers out as soon as a date became available.

BREAST CLINIC BOSS HAS OWN IMPLANTS OUT; 'Some of the rupture cases I saw in theatre scared me'

Summary: PIP implant boss Jean-Claude Mas has reportedly been arrested by French police.

French police arrest PIP implant boss

Susan Craney, PIP Implant Support Group, Liverpool AROUND 40,000 women in Britain are affected by the PIP implants and, finally, experts here are taking the situation seriously.