Surgery

New findings in surgery described from University of Washington

Published in Hematology Week, May 21st, 2007

A new study, "Breast implant capsules are partially composed of bone marrow-derived cells," is now available. "Capsular contracture is the most common complication following breast augmentation or reconstruction with implants. We recently demonstrated that bone marrow-derived cells provide fibroblasts to murine skin during wound healing," scientists in the United States report.

"To determine if bone marrow-derived cells were the cellular source of periprosthetic capsules, we created chimeric C57BL mice containing bone marrow cells from isogeneic enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) mice and implanted with a textured silicone shell implant. We found that none of the...

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Source: Hematology Week (2007-05-21)

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