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Capsular contracture in breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesJournal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Background: Capsular contracture after implant-based breast reconstruction is not an uncommon problem and affects reconstruction outcomes. It can be influenced by various factors, such as the plane of implant placement, implant surface and implant type ...
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Myofibroblasts and Capsular Tissue Tension in Breast Capsular Contracture

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2010
This study aimed to observe the relationship between the number of myofibroblasts, the tensile strength of the breast implant capsule, and the degree of breast capsular contracture.The study enrolled 21 women with 31 capsular contractures after aesthetic breast augmentation.
Kun, Hwang   +3 more
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Endoscopic Transaxillary Capsular Contracture Treatment

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2007
Traditionally, breast implant extraction and capsular contracture treatment are performed using the transareolar approach. However, this approach is not acceptable to Chinese patients because of the additional scar formation. The authors present their experience using capsular contracture treatment using transaxillary endoscopic assistance without the ...
L, Yu, J, Wang, B, Zhang, C, Zhu
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Radiation Therapy as a Cause of Capsular Contracture

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1994
The effect of radiation therapy on the final result of breast reconstruction has been debated in the literature. We have had 4 patients with bilateral breast reconstruction who then received unilateral radiation therapy. We noted in all 4 that the irradiated side became contracted, whereas the nonradiated breast reconstruction remained soft.
R M, Rosato, R V, Dowden
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Prevention of Capsular Contracture

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1999
H, Becker, R, Springer
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Prevention of Capsular Contracture with Photochemical Tissue Passivation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2014
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Tambasco, Damiano, Salgarello, Marzia
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Incidence and Risk Assessment of Capsular Contracture in Breast Cancer Patients following Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy and Implant-Based Reconstruction

open access: yesCancers
Our study aims to identify the risk factors and dosimetry characteristics associated with capsular contracture. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 118 women with breast cancer who underwent PMRT following an IBR between 2010 and 2022.
Nathalie Arians   +2 more
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Amelioration of Capsular Contracture by Motion Restriction

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1986
Surgical augmentation of the female breast has become a well-accepted and frequently performed operation since the introduction of the Cronin Silastic mammary prosthesis in 1963. A sleeve of scar tissue (collagenous capsule) consistently develops around every silicone implant.
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Treatment of subglandular capsular contracture

Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2000
Capsular contracture remains one of the most difficult problems associated with augmentation mammaplasty and is a leading cause of reoperation and patient dissatisfaction. This article outlines several variables that may contribute to development of grades III and IV contractures.
V. Leroy Young, Marla E. Watson
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Capsular Contracture and Ripple Deformity of Breast Implants

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1996
Our surgical understanding and preference for an implant design suggests that location of the implant in the retromuscular plane gives an aesthetically better looking clinical result, there is less rippling when the chest wall is vertical, and the implant flattens when the patient is lying supine.
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