article_snippet: Breast surgeon Ian Paterson was suspended after Breast surgeon Ian Paterson performed hundreds of unnecessary partial mastectomies .
article_snippet: Breast surgeon Ian Paterson was suspended after Breast surgeon Ian Paterson performed hundreds of unnecessary partial mastectomies on at least 250 healthy women over a 15-year period.
article_snippet: An independent review revealed the 57-year-old also carried out 'cleavage sparing' mastectomies on at least 450 other women, in which breast tissue was left.
article_snippet: Breast surgeon Ian Paterson pioneered the operations on women, leaving part of women breast behind solely for cosmetic reasons - dramatically increasing the risk of women cancer returning.
article_snippet: More than 700 patients were recalled by the hospitals where Breast surgeon Ian Paterson worked, as part of the review overseen by Sir Ian Kennedy.
article_snippet: It is doing so on the basis that some of the operations carried out may have been illegal and  are not included in Breast surgeon Ian Paterson's cover.
article_snippet: Apparently, Breast surgeon Ian Paterson should have performed a fine needle laparoscopy on a small lump in the scar left behind from the first operation in her left breast to see if a small lump in the scar left behind from the first operation in her left breast was cancerous before deciding whether to remove a small lump in the scar left behind from the first operation in her left breast, but when a surgeon says you need an operation, you don't question an operation. '
article_snippet: Colleagues became concerned that Mr Paterson was not removing enough tissue during mastectomies and two investigations were carried out, in 2003 and 2004.
highlights_snippet: Breast surgeon Ian Paterson was suspended after performing unnecessary partial mastectomies on at least 250 healthy women over 15-year period .
  
highlights_snippet: Carried out 'cleavage sparing' mastectomies on at least 450 other women, leaving breast tissue and leaving at least 450 other women at risk of at least 450 other women cancer returning .
  