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Capsular contracture: Modification through exercise [PDF]
, 1984 This study was designed to test the hypothesis that augmentation mammaplasty patients who practice expansion exercises will have a lower grade of breast contracture than those augmentation mammaplasty patients who do not.
Riddle, Lana
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Effect of Keller Funnel on the Rate of Capsular Contracture in Periareolar Breast Augmentation
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2018 Background:. Capsular contracture is 1 of the most common complications after breast implant surgery and is a major indication for reoperation. Capsular contracture is believed to be a multifactorial process that is affected by implant texture, incision ...
Ashley N. Newman, BS +1 more
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Biomaterials Research, 2023 Background Capsular contracture is a critical complication of silicone implantation caused by fibrotic tissue formation from excessive foreign body responses. Various approaches have been applied, but targeting the mechanisms of capsule formation has not
Patrick Hwang +13 more
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Polyurethane-Coated Breast Implants Revisited: A 30-Year Follow-Up
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background Polyurethane coating of breast implants has been shown to reduce capsular contracture in short-term follow-up studies. This 30-year study is the longest examination of the use of polyurethane-coated implants and their correlation with ...
Nikki Castel +4 more
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Nonsurgical treatment of capsular contracture: Review of clinical studies
Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Capsular contracture is one of the most distressing complications of breast implant use in both aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedures.
Anthony Papaconstantinou +6 more
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Capsule formation around breast implants
JPRAS Open, 2022 All implants are rapidly coated by the host with glycoproteins forming a thin capsule, and this is a normal response. Where an inflammatory stimulus such as infection is present, the capsule can thicken and become microvascularised and sometimes ...
R. Bayston
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Effects of Zafirlukast on capsular contracture: long-term results.
, 2012 Capsular contracture is a distressing complication after breast augmentation for both the patient and surgeon. Although capsular contracture is a multifactorial process, one common denominator in the successful treatment of this complication is believed ...
ALFANO, Carmine +3 more
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Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019 Background Implant-related deformities in aesthetic rhinoplasty are a major problem for rhinoplasty surgeons. Capsular contracture is believed to be the pathological cause of delayed contour deformities, comparable to breast implant-related ...
Supasid Jirawatnotai +1 more
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Comparison of the postoperative incidence rate of capsular contracture among different breast implants: a cumulative meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 BACKGROUND:A large number of clinical studies have reported that the different materials used in breast implants were a possible cause of the different incidence rates of capsular contracture observed in patients after implantation.
Xing Liu +5 more
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Machine-Learning Prediction of Capsular Contraction after Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction
JPRAS Open, 2023 Background: Two-stage breast reconstruction is a common technique used to restore preoperative appearance in patients undergoing mastectomy. However, capsular contracture may develop and lead to implant failure and significant morbidity. The objective of
Yunchan Chen +7 more
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