‘I felt like a guinea pig’, says patient with unapproved implant

Jean Milne was one of 44 people to have the procedure, without knowing the potential risks.

A woman has spoken of feeling like a “guinea pig”, after NHS Tayside admitted operating on patients with jaw implants that weren’t properly approved.

Jean Milne was one of 44 people to have the procedure, without knowing the potential risks.

NHS Tayside says the cheaper implant met manufacturing standards at the time, but has had to deal with a number of “failure cases” in the years since.

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