PIP IMPLANTS

Photograph of a ruptured implant with siliconoma and sterile pus.

Mr Umar Khan has been actively writing on the problems arising from PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) implants and has written five articles including four papers in Peer Reviewed journals. Mr Khan is also presenting a talk on The Presentation and Management of Complications Arising from Ruptured PIP implants.

Most common presentation of ruptured PIP implants was swelling of the breast followed by breast and axillary lumps due to leaked silicone. In Mr Khan published article, it was found that these implants had a higher early rupture rate and these ruptures were almost always symptomatic.

Published articles.

1) Khan UD. Lt Unilateral Breast Autoinflation and Intraprosthetic

    Collection of Sterile Pus.  An   Unusual Operative Finding of   

    Silicone GelBleed With Silicone Lymphadenitis. Aesth Plast Surg

     2008; 32:684-687

2)    Khan UD. Breast Autoinflation with Sterile Pus as a Marker of 

        Implant Rupture: Single- Stage Treatment and Outcome for Five

        Consecutive Cases. Aesth Plast Surg 33: 58-65. 2009

3)  Khan UD.  Mondor’s Disease: A review of the literature and a case   

     report. Aesthetic Surg J; 29:209-212. 2009

4) Khan UD. PIP Implants Investigated. Cosmetic Surgery and Aesthetic

     Guide.12:128-9.2011 

5)  Khan UD. Implant Rupture and Ante-grade Excision of Axillary