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A Comparison of Capsular Contracture Rates after Immediate Implant-based Breast Reconstruction Using Biologic versus Synthetic Mesh [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Capsular contracture is one of the most common reasons for reoperation after implant-based breast reconstruction. Prior investigations have suggested that biologic mesh may mitigate capsular contracture development.
Sarah Ferenz, BA, Jennifer Bai, MD, Megan Fracol, MD, John Y.S. Kim, MD, FACS   +3 more
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Analysis of risk factors for capsular contracture after breast augmentation: a retrospective study [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundCapsular contracture is a prevalent complication following breast augmentation that adversely affects aesthetic outcomes and often necessitates revision surgery.
Xin-Yao Li, Shi-Qi Xiao
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Advances on Capsular Contracture-Prevention and Management Strategies: A Narrative Review of the Literature. [PDF]

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 2023
Background: Capsular contracture (CC) is the most relevant complication of both aesthetic and reconstructive breast implant surgery. For many years, experimental and clinical trials have attempted to analyze CC risk factors, clinical features, and ...
Susini P, Nisi G, Pierazzi DM, Giardino FR, Pozzi M, Grimaldi L, Cuomo R.   +6 more
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Breast Cancer Hormone Therapy Modulates Breast Implant Capsular Contracture [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Capsular contracture results in significant morbidity for patients with implant-based breast reconstruction, often requiring revisional operations.
Mehak Chawla, MD, MBA, Gabriel Mirhaidari, MD, PhD, Kevin Blum, MD, PhD, Jenny C. Barker, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Toward a Consensus Aproach for Assessing Capsular Contracture Severity and Progression: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Plast Reconstr Surg, 2023
Background: Breast implants are the most commonly used medical devices in plastic surgery, and capsular contracture (CC) is one of the most common complications.
Mohan AS, Sullivan J, Tenenbaum MM, Broderick KB, Myckatyn TM.   +4 more
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Incision and Capsular Contracture Risk: Is There a Relationship in Breast Augmentation and Augmentation/Mastopexy? [PDF]

Ann Plast Surg, 2023
Background Breast implants can be introduced through a variety of incisions, most commonly an inframammary incision, but also a periareolar incision or an axillary incision. Usually, the implant is inserted through the same incision used in performing an
Swanson E.
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A Histological Assessment Tool for Breast Implant Capsules Validated in 480 Patients with and Without Capsular Contracture. [PDF]

Aesthetic Plast Surg
Understanding the impact of breast implants on the histological response in the surrounding fibrous capsule is important; however, consensus is lacking on how to analyze implant capsules histologically.
Larsen A, Timmermann AM, Kring M, Weltz TK, Ørholt M, Vester-Glowinski P, Elberg JJ, Trillingsgaard J, Mielke LV, Hölmich LR, Damsgaard TE, Roslind A, Herly M.   +12 more
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Capsular Contracture After Breast Augmentation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Aesthet Surg J Open Forum
Capsular contracture is characterized by the formation of a fibrous capsule around a breast implant after an augmentation mammaplasty, and often results in pain, firmness, and implant distortion.
Evan J Haas, Neophytos Christodoulou, M. Secanho, George Kokosis, R. Malgor, J. Winocour, Jason W. Yu, David W Mathes, C. Kaoutzanis   +8 more
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Botulinum Toxin Type A as a Tool for Correcting Capsular Contracture after Reconstructive Breast Surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Summary:. Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications after breast reconstruction. Surgical treatment is the main option for capsular contracture correction and includes capsulotomy, capsulectomy, and removal/replacement of the affected ...
Aziz D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, MD, Galina S. Alekseeva, MD, Igor V. Reshetov, MD, Marianna V. Starkova, PhD, Eric K. Saribekyan, MD, Fedor N. Usov, PhD, Maria Yu. Vlasova   +6 more
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Revision Breast Reconstruction With Biologic or Synthetic Mesh: An Analysis of Postoperative Capsular Contracture Rates

Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum
BackgroundBoth biologic and synthetic mesh have been found to reduce the risk of capsular contracture, yet there is limited data assessing the use of these scaffold materials in revision breast reconstruction.
Jennifer Bai, Sarah Ferenz, Megan Fracol, John Y Kim   +3 more
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