Implant Capsular Contracture
"Implant Capsular Contracture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The shrinkage of the foreign body encapsulation scar tissue that forms around artificial implants imbedded in body tissues.
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D057910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.470.251.500 C23.550.767.865.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Implant Capsular Contracture" by people in Profiles.
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Pinell-White XA, Etra J, Newell M, Tuscano D, Shin K, Losken A. Radiographic Implications of Fat Grafting to the Reconstructed Breast. Breast J. 2015 Sep-Oct; 21(5):520-5.
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DiEgidio P, Friedman HI, Gourdie RG, Riley AE, Yost MJ, Goodwin RL. Biomedical implant capsule formation: lessons learned and the road ahead. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 Oct; 73(4):451-60.