0 an object like a bag filled with a liquid substance that is put under the skin of a woman's chest to change the size and shape of her breast, or to replace a breast removed for medical reasons: --
Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, every year, tens of thousands of women undergo surgery for the insertion of at least one breast implant.
We record the number of episodes in which a breast implant was inserted; whether the implants were filled with silicone-gel or another material is not known.
What we do want is to ensure that she is properly informed and that she knows what the disadvantages and potential dangers of a breast implant are.
The decision whether to remove a silicone breast implant is a clinical one between patients and clinicians.
This report concerns a private and sensitive subject for many women who, either for aesthetic or medical reasons, have had breast implant operations carried out.
Incidentally, 80% of breast implant operations are carried out for purely cosmetic reasons.
The cost of the national breast implant registry to date is £200,000.
The removal of a ruptured silicone breast implant is a clinical matter for individual clinicians to address with their patients.
