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Abstract
The shrinkage of the foreign body encapsulation scar tissue that forms around artificial implants imbedded in body tissues.
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- Capsular Contracture, Implant
- Contracture, Implant Capsular
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2011
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- National Library of Medicine. Implant Capsular Contracture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057910. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057910
- Implant Capsular Contracture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsular_contracture
- Implant Capsular Contracture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524677