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Breast Implants
Degenerative mineralization in silicone implant capsule is unavoidable
July 21st, 2005
Biomaterials specialists say the degenerative mineralization that occurs in the fibrous capsule surrounding silicone breast implants is unavoidable; it can be minimized, they say, but probably not eliminated. "The formation of a fibrous capsule made of long collagen fibers surrounding breast implants represents an unavoidable phenomenon as the patient's reaction to the presence of a foreign body. Depending upon the size and shape of the implants and the chemicals percolating through the shell, this fibrous capsule is continuously remodeled. "The compaction of the foreign debris in the vicinity of the silicone shell is followed by the loss of cellular...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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