An independent inquiry into breast care services at Solihull hospital has been launched following concerns about work carried out by surgeon Ian Paterson. Paterson was stopped from performing "cleavage-sparing" mastectomies on the NHS in 2010, after allegations emerged that hundreds of women had had this procedure ? seemingly invented by him ? when it could lead to the cancer's return.
Spire, the private health provider for whom Paterson also worked, was told at the time about the problem, but continued to employ him, though not to do cleavage-sparing surgery. It is alleged he also did lumpectomies without taking biopsies to check for cancer beforehand.
Paterson no longer works for Spire, but only stopped last October, when the GMC ordered a fitness to practise hearing a staggering five years after the problems emerged. One lawyer is representing women operated on by Paterson in 1996. Police are now investigating too.
I can't express how sorry I feel for the?women caught up in this. I've had a?mastectomy, and I understand how attractive cleavage-saving surgery could sound. But scooped necklines are easy to give up in return for some security about the cancer's possible return. Paterson's case appears to be a one-off ? which doesn't account for its cavalier handling. But I can't help feeling that his odd and dangerous priorities were nurtured by a?culture that all too often portrays women as being significant largely because they come attached to breasts.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/11/breast-cancer-surgery-ian-paterson
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