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Alert for women who had breast implants
Friday December 23, 2011 08:25:01 AM,
IANS
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London: Thousands of
women could be at risk after it emerged that the breast implants
made with industrial silicone used in beds had a very high rupture
rate, a media report said Wednesday.
Makers Poly Implant Prosthesis, of southern France, were shut down
last year following the high rupture rate.
Instead of lasting the usual 10 years, 10 percent of its implants
were likely to split within a year, the Daily Express reports.
French authorities have told women to have the implants removed -
but 50,000 British women may also have them.
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has only
advised women to have regular scans.
Damaged implants can be removed on the NHS (National Health
Service) but not replaced, leaving women with a bill running into
thousands of pounds.
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said
it had found "insufficient evidence" to link the implants to
cancer.
The British Association for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic
Surgeons also said the French action was "a precautionary
measure".
The French move follows the death of Edwige Ligoneche, 53, from
cancer earlier this year. France's director general for health,
Jean-Yves Grall said she was one of nine cancer cases reported so
far, according to the newspaper.
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