A year later, two prosthetic PIP removed, but fear remains
Elisabeth ZINGG (AFP) - 1 hour ago
PARIS - A year after the decision to repay their withdrawal, nearly half of some 30,000 breast implants PIP gel fraudulent raised in France have been removed, but the women concerned are worried despite the reassuring messages from the authorities.
At end-October 14,300 women had PIP implants removed their more than 10,000 as a precaution.
Only major country to take such a radical decision, France has acted "as a precaution", mainly due to a higher risk of rupture of these implants, but nothing indicates an increased risk of cancer or lymphoma recalls the oncologist Dominique Maraninchi, the agency's director of health products (MSNA).
A year later, the health risks have not really changed, as evidenced by various studies French or foreign, "PIP implants break sooner and more frequently and affect inflammatory" summarizes Mr. Maraninchi for AFP.
He added that the withdrawal policy will continue because "it is a sensible precaution" and a follow-up study of all women with PIP implants will be launched soon by Inserm.
For women with these implants, the situation remains problematic.
This policy does not take into account the real problems posed by these prostheses in terms of pathologies in terms of costs as" believes Murielle Ajello, the President of the Movement for the defense of women with breast implants and prostheses (MDFPIP) which gathers some 1,500 women.
She stressed that, according to testimony which it has received "a large number of diseases have occurred in women," including diseases related to stress or anxiety and autoimmune diseases.
"Even explanted, women do not go well when they took breaks or they fear that the gel is poured into their body" she adds. expensive new implant
Another major concern of women: the high cost of installing a new pair of dentures can now reach 4-5000 euros, according to Ms. Ajello, despite calls "tact" and "moderation" launched last year Last authorities surgeon
Since 23 December 2011, the removal of the prosthesis PIP and medical surveillance are reimbursed by Medicare, but not the installation of a new prosthesis, except for surgery (after cancer). But higher fees are common when the patient had surgery in the private sector "because the time in the hospital too long," says Ms. Ajello.
The fragility of PIP implants is evidenced by a French study at the Institute in Paris by Dr. Krishna Clough showing a rupture rate of 13% after 4 years. Other studies (one British and one Dutch) reported fracture rates of 25 to 30% after 10 years of implementation, which is 4 times higher than expected.
Mr. Maraninchi recognizes that these failures can result in "local complications" that could lead to "substantial and major discomfort."
For Dr. Nathalie Bricout, plastic surgeon, who "explanted" PIP implants in twenty patients, "there is a greater local inflammatory reaction when the implant is broken and it seems to be a gel non-compliant. "
"Any woman with a breast implant, she said, should be monitored regularly and have an ultrasound annually from the 5-6th year in track wear. Indeed no implant is eternal even if patients forget the information that was given to them. "
According to forensic experts, the average lifespan of a breast implant is ten years. Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.
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