PIP implant response criticised
Action by the Government and a health regulator to communicate with women over the PIP breast implants scandal was "inadequate", MPs said today.
Report: Surgeons facing 'increased difficulty' in removing implants
New evidence in the Commons Health Committee report on PIP said surgeons have experienced "increased difficulty" in removing ruptured implants, which may mean there is a need to recommend they are taken out early.
Evidence from one of the clinics suggests women are suffering "redness and lumpy, granular tissue", and silicone in the lymph nodes in "one in four to one in five cases".
Even when implants have not ruptured, surgeons taking them out have found a "milky secretion" in 20% to 25% of cases, the report said.
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