SAFETY OF BREAST IMPLANTS

Breast implants have been in the press several times by a number of scandals, most recently by the PIP scandal. Plastic surgeon Dr Nelissen ensures strict about the safety of breast implants used by him:

• All implants used by Dr. Nelissen are approved by the 'Belgian Ministry of Public Health' and by the controlling authorities in the country of origin.
• Built in chip: some implants have a Radio Frequency Identification Microchip (RFID-Chip), allowing information about the implants such as the serial number, name of the manufacturer and other data to be read with an external scanning device. All information of the production process is additionally stored on a sealed server. Only the FDA and the CE authorities are entitled to break the seal during a control. This so-called Black Box Security aims to contribute to a total transparency.
• All patients receive an implant card, after the 3rd postoperative check-up, mentioning all data such as the serial number, name of the manufacturer and other data of the implant.
  
• The use of customized single use operations sets attributes further to the sterility and safety.