Capsular contracture after breast reconstruction: Collagen fiber orientation and organization

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 680-685

  Moyer, Kurtis E ^a,b   Ehrlich, H Paul ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST IMPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BREAST IMPLANTS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878096725     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31828189d0     Document Type: Article

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