PIP Implants

Several years ago Some surgeons recommended pre-filled saline implants.  These implants had no valve for filling and therefore many people believed they were less likely to leak and decreased the possibility of feeling the valve.  These implants were also slightly softer than other saline implants.

I have not had even a single patient claim that they could feel the valve of a McGhan or Mentor saline implant. In my experience, the failure rate of saline implants is low.

The implant shell that was used in the PIP is a material known as an elastomer.  This particular elastomer is very similar to the shell material that was abandoned years ago by other implant companies due to a very high failure rate.

As of mid-May, 2000, the FDA has taken these implants off the market. If someone has a failed PIP implant they can be replaced with new accepted implants.

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Contact Information

Joel R. Studin, MD, FACS

Telephone / Appointments- 516-482-8008   or 212-860-9090
Fax- 516-482-8049

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1045 Park Avenue at 86th Street  New York, NY 10028
15 Barstow Road  Great Neck, NY 11021

 

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list of questions when you have a consultation with 
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